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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does King describe the image in the second chapter the way he does?
(a) King believes the reader will see the image as he does anyway.
(b) King wants to trick the reader into seeing a different image.
(c) To allow the reader to see the image in their own way.
(d) So that the reader creates an image different from the one King describes.

2. Why does King's uncle carry the whole toolbox with him?
(a) Because he can't go back home between jobs.
(b) Because he says a person could never be sure what tools he would need.
(c) Because it is a habit.
(d) Because lifting it gives him a workout.

3. What happens with the electromagnet experiment?
(a) It burns up their house.
(b) It is too big and blows out a neighborhood transformer.
(c) It shocks Stephen and Dave King, and sends them to the hospital.
(d) It darkens his entire apartment building.

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

5. What does King consider to be the best tool in making a writer?
(a) Practice writing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Taking writing courses in different genres.
(d) Going to writers' retreats.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to King, what characteristic should a writer's space have?

2. From whom does King's uncle inherit something?

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

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

5. What kind of a book is On Writing?

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