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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 with the electromagnet experiment?
(a) It darkens his entire apartment building.
(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 burns up their house.

2. 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 clever short stories.
(c) He writes term papers for them.
(d) He writes jokes and sells them.

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

4. When does King begin to submit stories to magazines?
(a) While in junior high school.
(b) While in elementary school.
(c) While in high school.
(d) While in college.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does his writing help King financially?

3. Where does King discover horror stories?

4. What is one of King's last jobs before becoming a full-time writer?

5. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?

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