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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does King miss his first year of school?
(a) Because of his father.
(b) Because of chronic ear and throat infections.
(c) Because he moves too many times.
(d) Because his mother homeschools him.

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

4. In the chapter, C.V., King touches on the theme of the book. What is this theme?
(a) Writing as life support.
(b) Writing as magic.
(c) Writing as a career.
(d) Writing for money.

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

6. What is a major theme in the second chapter of King's book?
(a) The necessity of studying other authors.
(b) The importance of studying grammar and vocabulary.
(c) The writer's life.
(d) Reasons or motivations for writing.

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

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

9. Why does King describe the image in the second chapter the way he does?
(a) So that the reader creates an image different from the one King describes.
(b) To allow the reader to see the image in their own way.
(c) King believes the reader will see the image as he does anyway.
(d) King wants to trick the reader into seeing a different image.

10. What is one reason for reading the book, On Writing?
(a) It provides a discussion of King's famous works.
(b) It provides King's views on other writer's formulas for success.
(c) It provides a formats for writers.
(d) It provides inspiration.

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

12. What kind of writing book does King say that he will be not be writing?
(a) A textbook.
(b) The usual book of topics followed by exercises.
(c) A common writing book.
(d) A book of writing exercises.

13. According to King, who determines what the image in the second chapter looks like?
(a) The reader.
(b) The writer.
(c) The translator.
(d) No one.

14. Of the two reasons King gives for why people write, which one does he support?
(a) Writing as a hobby.
(b) Writing as a passion.
(c) Writing for fame.
(d) Writing for money.

15. What is King's overall opinion on details in writing?
(a) Supply those the reader would never get on his own.
(b) Only supply the minimum.
(c) Supply key details and a couple of minor ones for color.
(d) Supply all major details, but let the reader fill in the minor ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a book is On Writing?

2. On one of their expeditions, King and his brother meet an unexpected enemy. What is this enemy?

3. What does King remember about his childhood with his brother Dave?

4. Who is the character Carrie based on?

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

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