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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does King do while editor of his school paper?
(a) He wins a national contest for the paper.
(b) He writes a satirical version of the paper.
(c) He creates one of the best versions of the paper ever.
(d) He copies other people's stories and publishes them.

3. How did King describe the cloth's appearance in his image?
(a) He didn't.
(b) He describes its texture.
(c) He describes its color.
(d) He talks about its smell.

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

5. What is the unusual item attached to the animal?
(a) A Chinese symbol.
(b) A letter.
(c) A number.
(d) An eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does King begin to submit stories to magazines?

2. What number appears in King's image?

3. When does King get the idea for Carrie?

4. On one of their expeditions, King and his brother meet an unexpected enemy. What is this enemy?

5. What is one of King's last jobs before becoming a full-time writer?

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