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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. What are King's feelings on grammar study?
(a) Grammar should be studied at length.
(b) Grammar should be learned intuitively.
(c) Grammar should be studied only through high school.
(d) Lengthy grammar study is unnecessary.

2. When does King get the idea for Carrie?
(a) After reading about another girl.
(b) After watching a similar TV show.
(c) When his wife tells him a story she overheard.
(d) After taking a job at a high school.

3. What are the results of King's accident?
(a) The hand he writes with is broken.
(b) He receives a broken arm and leg.
(c) He receives multiple fractures.
(d) His arm is broken in three places.

4. What is the book King works on during his recovery period?
(a) The Shining.
(b) Stand by Me.
(c) Misery.
(d) On Writing.

5. Where on the animal is something unusual attached?
(a) On its foot.
(b) On its side.
(c) On a collar around its neck.
(d) On its back.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does King's mother die?

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

3. According to King, what should dialogue represent?

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

5. What is a major theme in the second chapter of King's book?

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