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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does it prove valuable to King to work for a local newspaper?
(a) Because the editor keeps him so busy he didn't have time to get into trouble.
(b) Because the editor teaches King how to edit his work.
(c) Because he wins a national sports writing contest while there.
(d) Because the job with the paper earns King a lot of money.

2. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?
(a) He discovers that writing is an obsession.
(b) He discovers that writing controls his life.
(c) He discovers that his writing is not very good.
(d) He discovers that writing was something he likes to do.

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

4. What is the first object described in the image in the second chapter?
(a) A cage.
(b) A bird.
(c) A head.
(d) A snake.

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

6. What is the first thing King requests in the second chapter that his readers accept about writing?
(a) Writing is creative.
(b) Writing is a way to build on your senses.
(c) Writing is an exercise.
(d) Writing is magic.

7. .What is the first specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?
(a) Theme and plot.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Writing exercises.
(d) Writing mechanics.

8. Where does King get a job to help pay for college?
(a) At Massachusetts Mills and Dye Co.
(b) At Canon Mills and Mfg. Co.
(c) At Worumbo Mills and Weaving.
(d) At West Point Peppermill Mfg Co.

9. How does King state he feels about writing for money?
(a) Writing is art, and as such, it may not pay.
(b) Writing for money is unnecessary; it will come.
(c) One cannot write in anticipation of making money.
(d) Everyone writes for money.

10. When does King begin to write stories?
(a) After he finishes school.
(b) While he is in kindergarten.
(c) When he is eight or nine.
(d) During his first year of school.

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

12. Who is the character Carrie based on?
(a) One of his students.
(b) A friend of his wife's.
(c) His imagination.
(d) Two girls he knew in high school.

13. What does one of King's babysitters do to him?
(a) Feeds him too many eggs and then locks him in a closet.
(b) Mistreats him and complains to his mother about his behavior.
(c) Tortures King with a belt.
(d) Forces him to stay in his room all day.

14. King states that writing is a job that includes aspects that are ____.
(a) Drudgery.
(b) Unexplainable.
(c) Void of meaning.
(d) Ponderous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Carrie several months later after its initial sale?

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

3. What is the location of the first item mentioned in the image?

4. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?

5. What is one reason for reading the book, On Writing?

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