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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through C.V..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King's early addiction soon added another one. What is it?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Over the counter pain-killers.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cocaine.

2. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?
(a) He discovers that writing controls his life.
(b) He discovers that writing is an obsession.
(c) He discovers that his writing is not very good.
(d) He discovers that writing was something he likes to do.

3. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?
(a) Stories about King's early life.
(b) Stories about King's views on writing.
(c) Stories from King's childhood related to how he became a writer.
(d) Stories related to how King became a horror novelist.

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

5. When does King begin to write stories?
(a) After he finishes school.
(b) When he is eight or nine.
(c) During his first year of school.
(d) While he is in kindergarten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of King's last jobs before becoming a full-time writer?

2. What happened when Carrie sells to a paperback publisher?

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

4. How does King's mother die?

5. What happens to Carrie several months later after its initial sale?

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