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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. Another belief of King is that writers have a special need. What is this need?
(a) A modern computer with Skype and YouTube accounts.
(b) A specific space in which to write.
(c) A telephone.
(d) An office equipped with a computer and internet access.

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

3. What does King consider to be a writer's practice?
(a) Reading.
(b) Daily journal entries.
(c) Any kind of writing.
(d) Writing exercises.

4. Where does King work during his recovery period?
(a) In a back hall.
(b) In his office.
(c) Near the kitchen.
(d) On the sun porch.

5. What does one of King's babysitters do to him?
(a) Forces him to stay in his room all day.
(b) Feeds him too many eggs and then locks him in a closet.
(c) Mistreats him and complains to his mother about his behavior.
(d) Tortures King with a belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is King blocked with On Writing before the accident?

2. What does the King brothers' newspaper contain?

3. Does King believe the reader see the image in the same way as the author?

4. What happens to Carrie several months later after its initial sale?

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

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