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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 does King do while editor of his school paper?
(a) He creates one of the best versions of the paper ever.
(b) He wins a national contest for the paper.
(c) He copies other people's stories and publishes them.
(d) He writes a satirical version of the paper.

2. Where is King going before his accident?
(a) To the grocery store.
(b) To the library.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To a bar.

3. What animal appears in the image King describes in the second chapter?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A cat.
(d) A parakeet.

4. Who is going out with King on the day of his accident?
(a) His wife and other two children.
(b) His other two children.
(c) His wife.
(d) No one. He is going out alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does King begin to submit stories to magazines?

2. In what manner does King say writers must always consider writing?

3. Of the two reasons King gives for why people write, which one does he support?

4. What is the second specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?

5. Which genre does King feel Misery will belong to when he begins to write the story?

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