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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 get a job to help pay for college?
(a) At Worumbo Mills and Weaving.
(b) At Canon Mills and Mfg. Co.
(c) At West Point Peppermill Mfg Co.
(d) At Massachusetts Mills and Dye Co.

2. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?
(a) Only two: the object and a number on its back.
(b) Five.
(c) An object, its color, and its number.
(d) Four items and their location/relation to one another.

3. What kind of a book is On Writing?
(a) A book on writing.
(b) Part biography and part how-to.
(c) A novel.
(d) A book on writing a biography.

4. When a writer sees an image in his/her head and writes it down, what is he accomplishing in regards to the reader?
(a) Enticing the reader to stay alert.
(b) Suggesting how to understand the author's thoughts.
(c) Demonstrating his prowess as an author who should be read.
(d) Giving the image to the reader.

5. What is one of King's last jobs before becoming a full-time writer?
(a) A newspaper reporter.
(b) A high school English teacher.
(c) A night janitor for his wife's office.
(d) A worker in a laundry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King remember about his childhood with his brother Dave?

2. Where is the cloth mentioned in King's image located within the image?

3. What type of job does King believe writing to be?

4. What does King suggest that readers who do not take writing seriously do?

5. What is the first thing King requests in the second chapter that his readers accept about writing?

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