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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?
(a) Stories about King's early life.
(b) Stories related to how King became a horror novelist.
(c) Stories about King's views on writing.
(d) Stories from King's childhood related to how he became a writer.

2. Where is the cloth mentioned in King's image located within the image?
(a) Beside the first object.
(b) Under the cage.
(c) Lying on the floor.
(d) Draped over a chair.

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

4. What does King suggest that readers who do not take writing seriously do?
(a) Read the book, but ignore the advice that conflicts with the reader's beliefs.
(b) Stop reading the book.
(c) Ignore his advice completely.
(d) Study the book more carefully.

5. When does King get the idea for Carrie?
(a) After taking a job at a high school.
(b) After watching a similar TV show.
(c) After reading about another girl.
(d) When his wife tells him a story she overheard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the unusual item attached to the animal?

3. How does King's mother die?

4. What is the name of the second chapter of this book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After Tabitha King's intervention in her husband's addictions, King insisted on moving his desk. How was this symbolically important to him?

2. As a child, King had many chronic ear and throat infections. How might these illnesses lead King to writing?

3. Why does King want his readers to put his book down if they are unable to accept that writing is magic?

4. King believed that writing is telepathy. What is telepathy in the context of this statement?

5. In a short paper, summarize the main points of King's life as an author.

6. What are some of the aspects of writing that King is not going to emphasize in the chapter, What Writing Is?

7. How would you summarize the different jobs King had during his early career? How might these jobs have influenced his work?

8. How did King learn to edit his work? Why was this important to the young writer?

9. What facts or ideas show the beginnings of King's career as a master of horror?

10. Why does King write? Explain in your own words based on the chapters, C.V., and What Writing Is.

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