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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the King brothers' newspaper contain?
(a) Family and neighborhood news.
(b) Stories told to King about his family.
(c) Local gossip and family news.
(d) Stories about family members.

3. 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 was something he likes to do.
(c) He discovers that writing is an obsession.
(d) He discovers that his writing is not very good.

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

5. What happens to Carrie several months later after its initial sale?
(a) The book is made into a movie.
(b) The publisher sells the paperback rights.
(c) The book is published in Spanish.
(d) The book sells its paperback rights to TNT for a television series.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does King meet while in college?

2. What does one of King's babysitters do to him?

3. How can the book, On Writing, be described?

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

5. 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?

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