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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What Writing Is.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a reader does not see an image the same way as the writer, how has the image changed?
(a) As the reader reads about it, the details change.
(b) The image becomes more elaborated.
(c) The image doesn't change. It is the same image.
(d) The creative process changes the image to fit the story.

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

3. To which substance is King first addicted as a young man?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Prescription pain-killers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does King suggest that readers who do not take writing seriously do?

3. When a writer sees an image in his/her head and writes it down, what is he accomplishing in regards to the reader?

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

5. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?

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