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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?
(a) The publisher sells it for $2500.
(b) King receives a telegram saying the book needed revisions.
(c) It sells, and he receives an advance of $2500.
(d) King receives a check for $250.

2. In the chapter, C.V., King touches on the theme of the book. What is this theme?
(a) Writing as life support.
(b) Writing as magic.
(c) Writing for money.
(d) Writing as a career.

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

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 rearranges his office to accommodate a larger desk and chair.
(b) He moves his massive desk to a corner of his office.
(c) He exchanges his massive desk for a smaller one.
(d) He centers his desk in his office.

5. How does King obtain money from his classmates?
(a) He writes a novel based on one of Poe's stories and sells it at school.
(b) He writes term papers for them.
(c) He writes clever short stories.
(d) He writes jokes and sells them.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does King begin to submit stories to magazines?

2. Where does King discover horror stories?

3. When King's principal hears about King's episode with the newspaper, what does he suggest?

4. King's early addiction soon added another one. What is it?

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

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