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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King's early addiction soon added another one. What is it?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Over the counter pain-killers.
(d) Cocaine.

2. How does King's mother die?
(a) She dies of injuries received in a traffic accident.
(b) She dies of cirrhosis.
(c) She dies of uterine cancer.
(d) She dies from an overdose.

3. What is King's overall opinion on details in writing?
(a) Only supply the minimum.
(b) Supply all major details, but let the reader fill in the minor ones.
(c) Supply those the reader would never get on his own.
(d) Supply key details and a couple of minor ones for color.

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

5. How can the book, On Writing, be described?
(a) A poorly conceived hack job.
(b) A masterpiece.
(c) Clever, formulistic, but inspiring.
(d) Poignant, educated and inspiring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Carrie several months later after its initial sale?

2. What does the King brothers' newspaper contain?

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

4. How does King obtain money from his classmates?

5. According to King, who determines what the image in the second chapter looks like?

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