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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does King remember about his childhood with his brother Dave?
(a) Their pets.
(b) Always being in trouble.
(c) Many adventures.
(d) How his brother hit him.

2. What is one of King's last jobs before becoming a full-time writer?
(a) A worker in a laundry.
(b) A night janitor for his wife's office.
(c) A high school English teacher.
(d) A newspaper reporter.

3. Of the details King has supplied the reader regarding his image in the second chapter, what does King hope the reader will primarily focus on?
(a) The other details about the animal.
(b) The possibilities of significant other numbers.
(c) On this number and what it might mean.
(d) The number as an object of fate.

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

5. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?
(a) Stories about King's early life.
(b) Stories about King's views on writing.
(c) Stories related to how King became a horror novelist.
(d) Stories from King's childhood related to how he became a writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does King's mother die?

2. How does King use this advice from his uncle?

3. What is the third specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be?

4. With respect to vocabulary, King states that __________ does not matter:

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

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