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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When King's principal hears about King's episode with the newspaper, what does he suggest?
(a) He tells him to get a job to keep him busy.
(b) He tells him to stay out of trouble in the future.
(c) He tells him to get a job with a local paper as a sports writer.
(d) He encourages King to quit writing.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does his writing help King financially?

3. What is the third specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be?

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

5. Of the details King has supplied the reader regarding his image in the second chapter, what does King hope the reader will primarily focus on?

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