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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In what manner does King say writers must always consider writing?
(a) Realistically.
(b) Morally.
(c) Ideologically.
(d) Seriously.

3. How does his writing help King financially?
(a) Often his stories would sell when they were in serious financial trouble.
(b) King's stories never made much, but every little bit helped.
(c) King's writing didn't really help financially.
(d) King's writing was a steady, but small source of income.

4. What type of job does King believe writing to be?
(a) A joyous one.
(b) One requiring hard work.
(c) One of drudgery.
(d) A serious one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does King miss his first year of school?

2. How did King describe the cloth's appearance in his image?

3. 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?

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

5. Why does King describe the image in the second chapter the way he does?

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