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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. According to King, who determines what the image in the second chapter looks like?
(a) The writer.
(b) The reader.
(c) The translator.
(d) No one.

2. Where is King staying when the accident occurred?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) At his family's vacation home.
(c) At a friend's lakeside cabin.
(d) At the beach.

3. When does King begin to submit stories to magazines?
(a) While in high school.
(b) While in elementary school.
(c) While in college.
(d) While in junior high school.

4. What is King's first piece of advice to those reading the chapter, On Writing?
(a) To practice their writing using his suggestions.
(b) To believe in their work.
(c) To read.
(d) To write every day.

5. 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?
(a) On this number and what it might mean.
(b) The other details about the animal.
(c) The possibilities of significant other numbers.
(d) The number as an object of fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to King, what characteristics should all characters possess?

2. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?

3. How does his writing help King financially?

4. What lesson does the experience with his uncle teach King?

5. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?

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