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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?
(a) It sells, and he receives an advance of $2500.
(b) King receives a check for $250.
(c) The publisher sells it for $2500.
(d) King receives a telegram saying the book needed revisions.

2. What number appears in King's image?
(a) The number three.
(b) The number 24/7.
(c) It is not specified.
(d) The number seven.

3. What does one of King's babysitters do to him?
(a) Forces him to stay in his room all day.
(b) Mistreats him and complains to his mother about his behavior.
(c) Tortures King with a belt.
(d) Feeds him too many eggs and then locks him in a closet.

4. What does King remember about his childhood with his brother Dave?
(a) How his brother hit him.
(b) Many adventures.
(c) Always being in trouble.
(d) Their pets.

5. The image in the second chapter is King's way of demonstrating to the readers his idea of _____.
(a) What writing is.
(b) The importance of the reader's creativity.
(c) The use of description to fully set up a scene.
(d) How to entice a reader to read more.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?

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

3. When does King begin to write stories?

4. To which substance is King first addicted as a young man?

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

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