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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Toolbox.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does King give on paragraphs?
(a) King feels paragraphs should have a standard length of 8 to 10 lines.
(b) King wants writers to see their paragraphs as a graphic picture on a page.
(c) King believes paragraphs should not vary in length.
(d) To pay attention to the length and number of paragraphs.

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

3. What happens to the person(s) on whom King bases Carrie while they were in high school?
(a) They were isolated by their classmates.
(b) They were hounded by their parents to get good grades.
(c) They were bullied and mistreated by their classmates.
(d) They were abused physically.

4. In conclusion, what is the chapter, Toolbox, about?
(a) King's analogy on the art of writing.
(b) King's feelings about the writing world.
(c) King's effort to present the mechanics of writing to his readers.
(d) King's beliefs about how to become an excellent writer.

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

2. How does King suggest writers improve their vocabulary?

3. King's comparison of a handyman's toolbox with a writer's tool box is which figure of speech?

4. King's early addiction soon added another one. What is it?

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

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