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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Living: A Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is King walking when he is hit?
(a) On the sidewalk in front of his house.
(b) On a corner waiting for the light to change.
(c) On a grassy stretch in the middle of a double-lane highway.
(d) On the side of a road up a blind hill.

2. When does King begin to submit stories to magazines?
(a) While in elementary school.
(b) While in college.
(c) While in high school.
(d) While in junior high school.

3. Who causes King's accident?
(a) Mark Givens.
(b) Bobby Jones.
(c) Emile Jenkins.
(d) Bryan Smith.

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

5. What advice does King give on paragraphs?
(a) To pay attention to the length and number of paragraphs.
(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) King feels paragraphs should have a standard length of 8 to 10 lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. King has been called a hack over the years. What is a hack?

2. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?

3. What does King say about adverbs?

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

5. What injuries does King receive other than broken bones?

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