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

2. What happened when Carrie sells to a paperback publisher?
(a) King receives $200,000 and his life changes forever.
(b) The paperback publisher rejects the initial version of the book and demanded revisions.
(c) The book sells for $400,000, of which King received one third.
(d) The paperback publisher offers King an advance of $400,000.

3. What happens with the electromagnet experiment?
(a) It burns up their house.
(b) It is too big and blows out a neighborhood transformer.
(c) It shocks Stephen and Dave King, and sends them to the hospital.
(d) It darkens his entire apartment building.

4. Who is the character Carrie based on?
(a) A friend of his wife's.
(b) One of his students.
(c) Two girls he knew in high school.
(d) His imagination.

5. How does King's mother die?
(a) She dies from an overdose.
(b) She dies of uterine cancer.
(c) She dies of cirrhosis.
(d) She dies of injuries received in a traffic accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does the King brothers' newspaper contain?

4. To which substance is King first addicted as a young man?

5. What happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?

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