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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 letter.
(b) A number.
(c) A Chinese symbol.
(d) An eye.

2. When does King begin to write stories?
(a) When he is eight or nine.
(b) During his first year of school.
(c) After he finishes school.
(d) While he is in kindergarten.

3. 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.

4. How does King describe the image discussed in chapter two?
(a) Without any details.
(b) With certain key details.
(c) With as little detail as possible.
(d) In great detail.

5. Who is the character Carrie based on?
(a) Two girls he knew in high school.
(b) His imagination.
(c) A friend of his wife's.
(d) One of his students.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What happens to Carrie several months later after its initial sale?

3. To which substance is King first addicted as a young man?

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?

5. What type of job does King believe writing to be?

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