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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does King describe the image in the second chapter the way he does?
(a) To allow the reader to see the image in their own way.
(b) King believes the reader will see the image as he does anyway.
(c) King wants to trick the reader into seeing a different image.
(d) So that the reader creates an image different from the one King describes.

2. What is the second specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?
(a) Vocabulary.
(b) Voice.
(c) Diction.
(d) Grammar.

3. Why does King throw the story Carrie in the trash can?
(a) Because his wife hates the story.
(b) Because he is too busy to continue.
(c) Because he feels he doesn't know enough about the events that went on in a girl's locker room.
(d) Because he doesn't like the main character Carrie.

4. On one of their expeditions, King and his brother meet an unexpected enemy. What is this enemy?
(a) A snake.
(b) Poison ivy.
(c) A bear.
(d) A black and white skunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does King's mother die?

2. King's early addiction soon added another one. What is it?

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

4. In the chapter, C.V., King touches on the theme of the book. What is this theme?

5. What animal appears in the image King describes in the second chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. King believed that writing is telepathy. What is telepathy in the context of this statement?

2. Why does King want his readers to put his book down if they are unable to accept that writing is magic?

3. Based on the chapters, C.V., and What Writing Is, what ideas justify King's statement that writing is a serious job?

4. What are some of the aspects of writing that King is not going to emphasize in the chapter, What Writing Is?

5. When King asks the writer to accept 'the magic of writing, but to take it seriously', what is he saying?

6. What inferences can you make from King's statement that writing is magic? Explain in your own words.

7. In what ways is the rabbit on the table of symbol of King's belief in magic and telepathy? Explain in your own words.

8. Why does King write? Explain in your own words based on the chapters, C.V., and What Writing Is.

9. Can you explain how King created the character of Carrie and why he disliked her so?

10. What conclusions can you draw from King's comparison of writing as a career versus writing as a passion? Explain in your own words.

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