Answer from cs61c-cm (Christopher Marcellino 15775059) for Question 3
I like K & R. It is more concise than most c.s. textbooks, which I prefer since I already know java & c++ (as do most students in this class), so it makes reading more intresting and productive, than wading through pages of basic programming concepts (ala the first book of cs 61b), instead of a reference to specfically c. In this sense it is more of a manual than a textbook, which is good at this level.