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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?
(a) Voice.
(b) Vocabulary.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Diction.

2. From King's statements, what element should be used to illustrate a character?
(a) Their typical, everyday dress.
(b) Their speech.
(c) Their mannerisms.
(d) Their thoughts.

3. When does King begin to write stories?
(a) When he is eight or nine.
(b) While he is in kindergarten.
(c) After he finishes school.
(d) During his first year of school.

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

5. How could the object King's uncle inherits be described?
(a) Large and open.
(b) Large and hard to carry around.
(c) Big but light.
(d) Small and light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens with the electromagnet experiment?

2. On certain occasions, King believes that grammar rules _________ .

3. What book does King recommend for grammar study?

4. According to King, who determines what the image in the second chapter looks like?

5. What is King's most important injunction to writers?

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