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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Carrie sells to a paperback publisher?
(a) The paperback publisher rejects the initial version of the book and demanded revisions.
(b) King receives $200,000 and his life changes forever.
(c) The book sells for $400,000, of which King received one third.
(d) The paperback publisher offers King an advance of $400,000.

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

3. Of the two reasons King gives for why people write, which one does he support?
(a) Writing for fame.
(b) Writing as a hobby.
(c) Writing for money.
(d) Writing as a passion.

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

5. What does King help his uncle fix as a child?
(a) The driveway.
(b) A window screen.
(c) A leaky faucet in the bathroom.
(d) The kitchen sink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is King's first piece of advice to those reading the chapter, On Writing?

2. What does King's uncle use from the toolbox?

3. According to King, who determines what the image in the second chapter looks like?

4. What kind of writing book does King say that he will be not be writing?

5. Why does King emphasize the importance of reading?

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