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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does King state he feels about writing for money?
(a) One cannot write in anticipation of making money.
(b) Writing for money is unnecessary; it will come.
(c) Everyone writes for money.
(d) Writing is art, and as such, it may not pay.

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

3. King's early addiction soon added another one. What is it?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Over the counter pain-killers.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

4. 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.

5. Why does it prove valuable to King to work for a local newspaper?
(a) Because he wins a national sports writing contest while there.
(b) Because the editor keeps him so busy he didn't have time to get into trouble.
(c) Because the editor teaches King how to edit his work.
(d) Because the job with the paper earns King a lot of money.

6. What does the second chapter open with King presenting to the reader?
(a) An image.
(b) A piece of advice.
(c) An injunction.
(d) A monologue.

7. 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) So that the reader creates an image different from the one King describes.
(c) King wants to trick the reader into seeing a different image.
(d) King believes the reader will see the image as he does anyway.

8. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?
(a) Mystery stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
(b) Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Stories by O. Henry.
(d) Humorous stories by Mark Twain.

9. On one of their expeditions, King and his brother meet an unexpected enemy. What is this enemy?
(a) A bear.
(b) Poison ivy.
(c) A black and white skunk.
(d) A snake.

10. What is the unusual item attached to the animal?
(a) An eye.
(b) A number.
(c) A Chinese symbol.
(d) A letter.

11. What happens to Carrie several months later after its initial sale?
(a) The book is published in Spanish.
(b) The publisher sells the paperback rights.
(c) The book is made into a movie.
(d) The book sells its paperback rights to TNT for a television series.

12. What happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?
(a) King receives a check for $250.
(b) King receives a telegram saying the book needed revisions.
(c) The publisher sells it for $2500.
(d) It sells, and he receives an advance of $2500.

13. What is the first object described in the image in the second chapter?
(a) A bird.
(b) A head.
(c) A snake.
(d) A cage.

14. .What is the first specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?
(a) Writing mechanics.
(b) Theme and plot.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Writing exercises.

15. How did King describe the cloth's appearance in his image?
(a) He talks about its smell.
(b) He describes its color.
(c) He didn't.
(d) He describes its texture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?

2. If a reader does not see an image the same way as the writer, how has the image changed?

3. The image in the second chapter is King's way of demonstrating to the readers his idea of _____.

4. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?

5. What is the location of the first item mentioned in the image?

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