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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the background of some guests of the Overlook that Jack reads in an article he finds in the basement?
(a) They were film stars and entertainers
(b) They were involved in murder, drug trafficking, tax evasion, prostitution, bootlegging and illegal gambling
(c) They were upstanding political figures
(d) They were the families of heroes who served in the war

2. What is Jack's conclusion as the reason he called Ullman?
(a) To ask if he could stay on after next May
(b) To generally keep in touch
(c) To report a boiler malfunction
(d) To be fired while there was still time

3. Why is Jack ranting before Danny provides the answer?
(a) The VW fuel pump has failed
(b) Wendy's expensive wristwatch is missing
(c) He cannot locate the trunk labeled
(d) The movers broke at least 6 things

4. What is Danny doing before bedtime that bothers Wendy?
(a) Staring blankly out the bedroom window
(b) Scattering his books on the floor
(c) Reading aloud with a fierce intensity
(d) Mumbling as if conversing with an unseen person

5. As he ascends the basement stairs, what words of Watson does he recall?
(a) The guest lists hide many secrets
(b) This is one of the world's greatest hotels
(c) Every big hotel has got a ghost
(d) Do not poke around in the basement

6. What does Jack notice when he hears a noise behind him in the topiary?
(a) Danny is playing in the snow
(b) Wendy is waving to him
(c) A rabbit jumps out of the bushes
(d) The hedge animals are blocking his path

7. What is the last town before Overlook?
(a) Sidewinder Pass
(b) Ullman Township
(c) Stovington
(d) Rexall

8. What is the purpose of the thermostats at Overlook?
(a) Are just for show, not connected
(b) Are all set at the same temperature
(c) Control the guest rooms within 2 degrees of setting
(d) Keep the dust to a minimum

9. What is the outcome of Jack's attack on George Hatfield?
(a) Jack remains on the faculty 2 more years, George switches teachers
(b) George offers the use of his car for the move to the Overlook
(c) Jack is fired, George is expelled from school
(d) George buys 4 new tires for the VW

10. What does Jack do when he sees George in the act of vandalism?
(a) Calls campus security
(b) Disarms him and punches him out
(c) Shouts a vulgarity as George flees the scene
(d) Asks the debate class to witness the events

11. What thought arises when Jack ends the telephone call to Ullman?
(a) The winter will not be so bad
(b) He needs to find Wendy and Danny and return to Overlook
(c) You lost your temper again, Jack
(d) Al Shockley is not a reliable friend

12. How many guest rooms in the Overlook?
(a) 135
(b) 90
(c) 200
(d) 110

13. What thought is Hallorann shining to Danny?
(a) Your father hates you
(b) Pretend illness and get out of Overlook today
(c) Your family is in danger at Overlook
(d) Sure you don't want to go to Florida doc?

14. Who forces reconciliation between Wendy and her mother?
(a) Danny
(b) Jack
(c) Her therapist
(d) Al Shockley

15. What does Jack see in the bathroom of Room 217 the second time he looks?
(a) Hallorann's body
(b) A bathtub of blood
(c) Nothing again
(d) A woman's shape in the tub

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Halloran's assurance to Danny?

2. What phrase by Ullman echoed in Jack's mind?

3. How does Jack respond to Wendy's suggestion Danny get a check-up?

4. How does Jack's father kill his mother?

5. What random thought comes to Jack when reading about the costume ball?

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