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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can the book, On Writing, be described?
(a) Clever, formulistic, but inspiring.
(b) Poignant, educated and inspiring.
(c) A poorly conceived hack job.
(d) A masterpiece.

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

3. Whom does King meet while in college?
(a) His future publisher.
(b) His writing mentor.
(c) His future wife.
(d) His future agent.

4. After Tabitha King's intervention in King's addictions, he makes some changes in his life. What change does he make in his writing life?
(a) He centers his desk in his office.
(b) He moves his massive desk to a corner of his office.
(c) He exchanges his massive desk for a smaller one.
(d) He rearranges his office to accommodate a larger desk and chair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the King brothers' newspaper contain?

2. Why does King miss his first year of school?

3. What happens to the person(s) on whom King bases Carrie while they were in high school?

4. 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?

5. How does his writing help King financially?

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