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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Living: A Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?
(a) Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) Mystery stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
(c) Stories by O. Henry.
(d) Humorous stories by Mark Twain.

2. How does King obtain money from his classmates?
(a) He writes term papers for them.
(b) He writes clever short stories.
(c) He writes jokes and sells them.
(d) He writes a novel based on one of Poe's stories and sells it at school.

3. What makes King's accident so tragic?
(a) It is ironic given his previous work, Misery.
(b) It happens so suddenly.
(c) His injuries prevent him from writing.
(d) It is completely preventable.

4. What did King discover about the act of writing after his accident?
(a) It was life support.
(b) He did not enjoy writing as much as before.
(c) He could take it or leave it.
(d) Writing was no longer an obsession with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't King working on the book, On Writing, at the time of the accident?

2. Why is it important to King that a writer not be distracted while working?

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

4. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?

5. How does King paint the main character from The Dead Zone?

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