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

2. Why does King miss his first year of school?
(a) Because he moves too many times.
(b) Because his mother homeschools him.
(c) Because of his father.
(d) Because of chronic ear and throat infections.

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

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

5. King states that writing is a job that includes aspects that are ____.
(a) Ponderous.
(b) Unexplainable.
(c) Void of meaning.
(d) Drudgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal appears in the image King describes in the second chapter?

2. What happens to the person(s) on whom King bases Carrie while they were in high school?

3. What is King's overall opinion on writing as a profession?

4. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?

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

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