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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Living: A Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does King recommend for grammar study?
(a) Any good high school grammar text.
(b) Betty Azar's Understanding and Using English Grammar.
(c) Strunk and White's Elements of Style.
(d) Prentice-Hall Handbook of Grammar.

2. Who causes King's accident?
(a) Bobby Jones.
(b) Bryan Smith.
(c) Mark Givens.
(d) Emile Jenkins.

3. What are King's feelings on grammar study?
(a) Grammar should be studied at length.
(b) Grammar should be learned intuitively.
(c) Lengthy grammar study is unnecessary.
(d) Grammar should be studied only through high school.

4. King has been called a hack over the years. What is a hack?
(a) A writer of trivial matter.
(b) An excellent writer.
(c) A writer with no talent.
(d) A literary drudge.

5. According to King, what should dialogue represent?
(a) Speech written as we hear it, i.e. Whatcha ya doin'?
(b) Conversation between characters.
(c) Dialogue should stress the best conversational ability of the characters.
(d) Normal speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter, C.V., King touches on the theme of the book. What is this theme?

2. How does King feel about writers improving their work?

3. King's comparison of a handyman's toolbox with a writer's tool box is which figure of speech?

4. What does King's uncle use from the toolbox?

5. King's early addiction soon added another one. What is it?

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