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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack say to Danny while he is chasing him with the mallet?
(a) He tells Danny that Wendy is dead
(b) He tells Danny that he is sorry
(c) He tells Danny to come out and take his medicine for what he did wrong
(d) He tells Danny they will run away from the hotel

2. How do Danny and Wendy try to drown out Jack's screams?
(a) Listen to music
(b) Cover their ears
(c) Read books out loud
(d) Sing a song

3. What do Wendy and Danny do with Jack?
(a) They throw him out in the snow
(b) They lock him in the basement
(c) They lock him in the pantry
(d) The lock him in the storage shed

4. When Danny goes into the bathroom, what does he see?
(a) The dead woman
(b) REDRUM flashing in the mirror
(c) Wendy, crying
(d) Jack, holding a mallet

5. What happens to Danny when he plays in the concrete ring tunnels?
(a) He passes out in the tunnel
(b) He is trapped by th edead woman
(c) The snow collapses around him
(d) He is trapped by rats

6. Why does Danny run toward the porch of the hotel when he is playing in the snow?
(a) The hedge animals begin chasing him
(b) He has a terrifying vision
(c) He hears something strange in the playground
(d) He has a premonition that something is wrong inside

7. How do Danny and Wendy react after Jack tells them he found nothing in Room 217?
(a) They are relieved
(b) They are suspicious
(c) They are still worried
(d) They think he is lying

8. Where do Wendy and Danny go after the fire in the Overlook?
(a) They move back to Vermont
(b) They move in with Wendy's mother
(c) They go to a shelter
(d) They stay with Dick Hallorann at the Red Arrow Lodge

9. How does Wendy get away from Jack?
(a) She knocks him unconscious
(b) She locks him in the bedroom
(c) She pushes him down the stairs
(d) She scrambles into the bedroom and locks herself in the bathroom

10. Why does Jack slap Danny?
(a) Danny tells Jack that he knows Jack saw the hedge animals move
(b) Danny is disrespectful to Wendy
(c) Danny cries for his blanket
(d) Danny refuses to answer Jack's questions

11. Where does Dick Hallorann work after the tragedy at the Overlook?
(a) A restaurant in Colorado
(b) A diner in New York
(c) A small resort in Maine
(d) A bed and breakfast inn in Vermont

12. What happens to the boiler as Jack looks over old papers and invoices in the basement?
(a) It catches fire
(b) It explodes
(c) It starts squealing and clanking
(d) It shuts down

13. What does Jack do after Wendy stabs him?
(a) He follows her up the stairs
(b) He falls down the stairs
(c) He crawls away
(d) He becomes unconscious

14. What does Danny tell Wendy when she asks him if he talked to Tony?
(a) He tells her that he doesn't want to talk to Tony
(b) He says that the things in the hotel won't let Tony come anymore
(c) He tells her that Tony doesn't want to help
(d) He tells her that Tony isn't real

15. What reaction does the hedge dog have when the Overlook explodes?
(a) It recoils away, flattens its ears, and puts its tail between its legs
(b) It roars with revenge, shaking its head back and forth
(c) It crawls up to Danny and lies at his feet
(d) It surges foreword, attacking Wendy and Danny

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jack standing when he sees the hotel coming to life?

2. What does Jack wonder about Danny's blank face and catatonic state after he goes into Room 217?

3. Why does Danny scream and wake Wendy?

4. How is Hallorann forced off the road on the way to the Overlook?

5. What happens to Jack when he tries to break down the bathroom door?

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