View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does it prove valuable to King to work for a local newspaper?
(a) Because the job with the paper earns King a lot of money.
(b) Because he wins a national sports writing contest while there.
(c) Because the editor keeps him so busy he didn't have time to get into trouble.
(d) Because the editor teaches King how to edit his work.

2. What happens to the person(s) on whom King bases Carrie while they were in high school?
(a) They were isolated by their classmates.
(b) They were bullied and mistreated by their classmates.
(c) They were hounded by their parents to get good grades.
(d) They were abused physically.

3. When King's principal hears about King's episode with the newspaper, what does he suggest?
(a) He tells him to stay out of trouble in the future.
(b) He encourages King to quit writing.
(c) He tells him to get a job with a local paper as a sports writer.
(d) He tells him to get a job to keep him busy.

4. To which substance is King first addicted as a young man?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Prescription pain-killers.

5. Where does King get a job to help pay for college?
(a) At West Point Peppermill Mfg Co.
(b) At Massachusetts Mills and Dye Co.
(c) At Worumbo Mills and Weaving.
(d) At Canon Mills and Mfg. Co.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does King get the idea for Carrie?

2. How does his writing help King financially?

3. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?

4. On one of their expeditions, King and his brother meet an unexpected enemy. What is this enemy?

5. What happens with the electromagnet experiment?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 389 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample