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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through C.V..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does King obtain money from his classmates?
(a) He writes term papers for them.
(b) He writes jokes and sells them.
(c) He writes a novel based on one of Poe's stories and sells it at school.
(d) He writes clever short stories.

2. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?
(a) He discovers that writing was something he likes to do.
(b) He discovers that writing is an obsession.
(c) He discovers that his writing is not very good.
(d) He discovers that writing controls his life.

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

4. When King's principal hears about King's episode with the newspaper, what does he suggest?
(a) He tells him to get a job with a local paper as a sports writer.
(b) He encourages King to quit writing.
(c) He tells him to get a job to keep him busy.
(d) He tells him to stay out of trouble in the future.

5. What does the King brothers' newspaper contain?
(a) Local gossip and family news.
(b) Family and neighborhood news.
(c) Stories about family members.
(d) Stories told to King about his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can the book, On Writing, be described?

2. What kind of a book is On Writing?

3. What is one reason for reading the book, On Writing?

4. 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?

5. What does King do while editor of his school paper?

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