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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does King define writing as?
(a) Telepathy.
(b) A juxtaposition of words and images.
(c) Visualization of scenes.
(d) The creation of images in a reader's head.

2. The image in the second chapter is King's way of demonstrating to the readers his idea of _____.
(a) The importance of the reader's creativity.
(b) What writing is.
(c) The use of description to fully set up a scene.
(d) How to entice a reader to read more.

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

4. What kind of a book is On Writing?
(a) A book on writing.
(b) A novel.
(c) A book on writing a biography.
(d) Part biography and part how-to.

5. Whom does King meet while in college?
(a) His future wife.
(b) His future publisher.
(c) His writing mentor.
(d) His future agent.

6. What does the second chapter open with King presenting to the reader?
(a) An image.
(b) A piece of advice.
(c) A monologue.
(d) An injunction.

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

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

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

10. What is the name of the second chapter of this book?
(a) On Writing.
(b) What Writing Is.
(c) Writing My Way.
(d) On Living.

11. How can the book, On Writing, be described?
(a) A poorly conceived hack job.
(b) Poignant, educated and inspiring.
(c) A masterpiece.
(d) Clever, formulistic, but inspiring.

12. What is the first thing King requests in the second chapter that his readers accept about writing?
(a) Writing is a way to build on your senses.
(b) Writing is magic.
(c) Writing is an exercise.
(d) Writing is creative.

13. What is King's overall opinion on details in writing?
(a) Supply key details and a couple of minor ones for color.
(b) Only supply the minimum.
(c) Supply all major details, but let the reader fill in the minor ones.
(d) Supply those the reader would never get on his own.

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

15. In the chapter, C.V., King touches on the theme of the book. What is this theme?
(a) Writing as life support.
(b) Writing as magic.
(c) Writing for money.
(d) Writing as a career.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does King do while editor of his school paper?

3. How does King's mother die?

4. When King's principal hears about King's episode with the newspaper, what does he suggest?

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

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