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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) Strunk and White's Elements of Style.
(b) Prentice-Hall Handbook of Grammar.
(c) Betty Azar's Understanding and Using English Grammar.
(d) Any good high school grammar text.

2. Why was the person who caused King's accident going into town?
(a) He wanted a candy bar.
(b) He needed gas for a trip the next day.
(c) He wanted to buy a lottery ticket.
(d) He needed cigarettes.

3. However, King does believe _______ to be essential to a writer's vocabulary.
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Cleverness.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Beauty.

4. From King's statements, what element should be used to illustrate a character?
(a) Their typical, everyday dress.
(b) Their speech.
(c) Their thoughts.
(d) Their mannerisms.

5. Why is King blocked with On Writing before the accident?
(a) He realizes he didn't know much about teaching writing.
(b) He doesn't know how to continue with the book.
(c) He feels like his book on writing would be very similar to other books on the subject.
(d) He feels the book was so different from other writing books that no one would bu y it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?

2. The change that King made in his writing life after his wife's intervention is seen by King as a symbol. What does this symbol represent?

3. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?

4. How does the person responsible for King's accident end up causing the accident?

5. What injuries does King receive other than broken bones?

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