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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 obtain money from his classmates?
(a) He writes term papers for them.
(b) He writes clever short stories.
(c) He writes a novel based on one of Poe's stories and sells it at school.
(d) He writes jokes and sells them.

2. How does King state he feels about writing for money?
(a) Writing for money is unnecessary; it will come.
(b) Everyone writes for money.
(c) Writing is art, and as such, it may not pay.
(d) One cannot write in anticipation of making money.

3. How does his writing help King financially?
(a) King's writing didn't really help financially.
(b) Often his stories would sell when they were in serious financial trouble.
(c) King's writing was a steady, but small source of income.
(d) King's stories never made much, but every little bit helped.

4. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?
(a) He discovers that writing was something he likes to do.
(b) He discovers that writing controls his life.
(c) He discovers that his writing is not very good.
(d) He discovers that writing is an obsession.

5. .What is the first specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?
(a) Writing mechanics.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Theme and plot.
(d) Writing exercises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King do while editor of his school paper?

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

3. Of the two reasons King gives for why people write, which one does he support?

4. What happened when Carrie sells to a paperback publisher?

5. What is the third specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be?

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