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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What Writing Is.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the unusual item attached to the animal?
(a) A Chinese symbol.
(b) A number.
(c) A letter.
(d) An eye.

2. If a reader does not see an image the same way as the writer, how has the image changed?
(a) The image becomes more elaborated.
(b) As the reader reads about it, the details change.
(c) The image doesn't change. It is the same image.
(d) The creative process changes the image to fit the story.

3. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?
(a) Stories about King's views on writing.
(b) Stories related to how King became a horror novelist.
(c) Stories from King's childhood related to how he became a writer.
(d) Stories about King's early life.

4. Of the two reasons King gives for why people write, which one does he support?
(a) Writing for money.
(b) Writing as a passion.
(c) Writing as a hobby.
(d) Writing for fame.

5. Where does King discover horror stories?
(a) At his aunt and uncle's house.
(b) At the newsstand.
(c) At the local theater.
(d) In the school library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of job does King believe writing to be?

2. What happened when Carrie sells to a paperback publisher?

3. What happens with the electromagnet experiment?

4. What animal appears in the image King describes in the second chapter?

5. Why does it prove valuable to King to work for a local newspaper?

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