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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the location of the first item mentioned in the image?
(a) In a chair.
(b) On a table.
(c) Over a counter.
(d) On the floor.

2. What number appears in King's image?
(a) It is not specified.
(b) The number three.
(c) The number 24/7.
(d) The number seven.

3. When a writer sees an image in his/her head and writes it down, what is he accomplishing in regards to the reader?
(a) Suggesting how to understand the author's thoughts.
(b) Demonstrating his prowess as an author who should be read.
(c) Giving the image to the reader.
(d) Enticing the reader to stay alert.

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

5. What is the third specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be?
(a) A book on subjectivity.
(b) A book on horror.
(c) A book on realism.
(d) An instruction handbook.

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

7. What type of job does King believe writing to be?
(a) One requiring hard work.
(b) A joyous one.
(c) One of drudgery.
(d) A serious one.

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

9. Where does King get a job to help pay for college?
(a) At Massachusetts Mills and Dye Co.
(b) At West Point Peppermill Mfg Co.
(c) At Canon Mills and Mfg. Co.
(d) At Worumbo Mills and Weaving.

10. Who is the character Carrie based on?
(a) A friend of his wife's.
(b) One of his students.
(c) Two girls he knew in high school.
(d) His imagination.

11. According to King, what is the second condition that, if readers cannot accept, should be a reason to stop reading his book?
(a) That fame and fortune are fleeting.
(b) That writing is a serious job with inexplicable aspects.
(c) That the writing is drudgery.
(d) That writing will probably not make a lot of money for the reader.

12. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?
(a) An object, its color, and its number.
(b) Five.
(c) Four items and their location/relation to one another.
(d) Only two: the object and a number on its back.

13. How does King's mother die?
(a) She dies from an overdose.
(b) She dies of uterine cancer.
(c) She dies of cirrhosis.
(d) She dies of injuries received in a traffic accident.

14. Where does King discover horror stories?
(a) At his aunt and uncle's house.
(b) At the newsstand.
(c) At the local theater.
(d) In the school library.

15. What does the King brothers' newspaper contain?
(a) Family and neighborhood news.
(b) Stories about family members.
(c) Stories told to King about his family.
(d) Local gossip and family news.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason for reading the book, On Writing?

2. What kind of writing book does King say that he will be not be writing?

3. Where is the cloth mentioned in King's image located within the image?

4. What happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?

5. What animal appears in the image King describes in the second chapter?

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