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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) The creation of images in a reader's head.
(b) A juxtaposition of words and images.
(c) Visualization of scenes.
(d) Telepathy.
2. Where is the cloth mentioned in King's image located within the image?
(a) Beside the first object.
(b) Lying on the floor.
(c) Under the cage.
(d) Draped over a chair.
3. 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?
(a) A change to a deeper kind of symbolism in his writing.
(b) A change in the priorities of his life.
(c) A change in his writing style.
(d) A change in the meaning of his writing.
4. What is one of King's last jobs before becoming a full-time writer?
(a) A high school English teacher.
(b) A worker in a laundry.
(c) A newspaper reporter.
(d) A night janitor for his wife's office.
5. What happens with the electromagnet experiment?
(a) It is too big and blows out a neighborhood transformer.
(b) It burns up their house.
(c) It darkens his entire apartment building.
(d) It shocks Stephen and Dave King, and sends them to the hospital.
6. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?
(a) Humorous stories by Mark Twain.
(b) Mystery stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
(c) Stories by O. Henry.
(d) Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe.
7. Where does King get a job to help pay for college?
(a) At Canon Mills and Mfg. Co.
(b) At Worumbo Mills and Weaving.
(c) At West Point Peppermill Mfg Co.
(d) At Massachusetts Mills and Dye Co.
8. What kind of a book is On Writing?
(a) A book on writing.
(b) A novel.
(c) Part biography and part how-to.
(d) A book on writing a biography.
9. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?
(a) Four items and their location/relation to one another.
(b) Five.
(c) Only two: the object and a number on its back.
(d) An object, its color, and its number.
10. What happens to the person(s) on whom King bases Carrie while they were in high school?
(a) They were abused physically.
(b) They were isolated by their classmates.
(c) They were bullied and mistreated by their classmates.
(d) They were hounded by their parents to get good grades.
11. Why does King miss his first year of school?
(a) Because of his father.
(b) Because his mother homeschools him.
(c) Because he moves too many times.
(d) Because of chronic ear and throat infections.
12. What is King's overall opinion on details in writing?
(a) Supply all major details, but let the reader fill in the minor ones.
(b) Supply key details and a couple of minor ones for color.
(c) Only supply the minimum.
(d) Supply those the reader would never get on his own.
13. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?
(a) He discovers that writing was something he likes to do.
(b) He discovers that writing is an obsession.
(c) He discovers that writing controls his life.
(d) He discovers that his writing is not very good.
14. What does King remember about his childhood with his brother Dave?
(a) Always being in trouble.
(b) Many adventures.
(c) How his brother hit him.
(d) Their pets.
15. How does King's mother die?
(a) She dies of cirrhosis.
(b) She dies of uterine cancer.
(c) She dies of injuries received in a traffic accident.
(d) She dies from an overdose.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the unusual item attached to the animal?
2. According to King, what are two reasons to write?
3. Who is the character Carrie based on?
4. How does King state he feels about writing for money?
5. What is one reason for reading the book, On Writing?
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