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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does King describe the image in the second chapter the way he does?
(a) So that the reader creates an image different from the one King describes.
(b) King wants to trick the reader into seeing a different image.
(c) King believes the reader will see the image as he does anyway.
(d) To allow the reader to see the image in their own way.

2. On one of their expeditions, King and his brother meet an unexpected enemy. What is this enemy?
(a) A snake.
(b) A black and white skunk.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) A bear.

3. Whom does King meet while in college?
(a) His future agent.
(b) His future publisher.
(c) His future wife.
(d) His writing mentor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the second chapter of this book?

2. When King's principal hears about King's episode with the newspaper, what does he suggest?

3. What happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?

4. The image in the second chapter is King's way of demonstrating to the readers his idea of _____.

5. Why does King throw the story Carrie in the trash can?

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