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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the unusual item attached to the animal?
(a) A Chinese symbol.
(b) A letter.
(c) A number.
(d) An eye.

2. What happens to the person(s) on whom King bases Carrie while they were in high school?
(a) They were hounded by their parents to get good grades.
(b) They were abused physically.
(c) They were bullied and mistreated by their classmates.
(d) They were isolated by their classmates.

3. According to King, what is the second condition that, if readers cannot accept, should be a reason to stop reading his book?
(a) That the writing is drudgery.
(b) That fame and fortune are fleeting.
(c) That writing is a serious job with inexplicable aspects.
(d) That writing will probably not make a lot of money for the reader.

4. The change that King made in his writing life after his wife's intervention is seen by King as a symbol. What does this symbol represent?
(a) A change in the priorities of his life.
(b) A change in his writing style.
(c) A change to a deeper kind of symbolism in his writing.
(d) A change in the meaning of his writing.

5. What number appears in King's image?
(a) The number three.
(b) It is not specified.
(c) The number 24/7.
(d) The number seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first object described in the image in the second chapter?

2. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?

3. King's early addiction soon added another one. What is it?

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

5. How does his writing help King financially?

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