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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does King get the idea for Carrie?
(a) After watching a similar TV show.
(b) When his wife tells him a story she overheard.
(c) After taking a job at a high school.
(d) After reading about another girl.

2. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?
(a) He discovers that his writing is not very good.
(b) He discovers that writing is an obsession.
(c) He discovers that writing controls his life.
(d) He discovers that writing was something he likes to do.

3. King has been called a hack over the years. What is a hack?
(a) A writer of trivial matter.
(b) An excellent writer.
(c) A writer with no talent.
(d) A literary drudge.

4. According to King, what is the most important tool for a writer?
(a) Lots of notes.
(b) An excellent computer.
(c) Good typing skills.
(d) Vocabulary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. .What is the first specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?

2. What does King say about adverbs?

3. What equipment does a writer need according to King?

4. According to King, what three things are the bases of all stories?

5. In addition to his injunction, King wants writers to leave something behind when they write. What should writers leave behind?

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