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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 they will run away from the hotel
(d) He tells Danny to come out and take his medicine for what he did wrong

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

3. What does Jack have to promise Grady to get him to open the pantry door?
(a) He will kill Wendy and bring Danny to the manager
(b) He will kill Wendy and Danny
(c) He will leave the Overlook
(d) He will kill himself

4. What does Hallorann see in the window of the Presidential Suite as the Overlook burns?
(a) He sees Lloyd and Mr. Grady screaming
(b) He sees the dead woman from Room 217 melting
(c) He sees a dark shape that looks like a swarming nest of wasps
(d) He sees Jack Torrance burning

5. What does Jack yank out of the snowmobile and throw in the snow?
(a) The gas tank
(b) The gearshift
(c) The magneto
(d) The brake cables

6. What does Jack do to Wendy when he finds her?
(a) He says that Hallorann is not coming
(b) He tells her that he has killed Danny
(c) He tells her that he is sorry
(d) He crashes the mallet into her spine

7. Where is Jack standing when he sees the hotel coming to life?
(a) Outside the Colorado Lounge
(b) In the lobby
(c) Outside Room 217
(d) In the elevator

8. What does Lloyd tell Jack that the manager is interested in?
(a) Hallorann
(b) Shockley
(c) Danny
(d) Wendy

9. What sound awakens the Torrances?
(a) Howling outside the window
(b) Screams from Room 217
(c) The elevator running up and down the shaft
(d) Breaking glass

10. How far does Hallorann have to detour because of the storm?
(a) 20 miles
(b) 10 miles
(c) 5 miles
(d) 2 miles

11. How does Wendy get away from Jack?
(a) Danny jumps on Jack from behind the bar
(b) She bites his face
(c) She kicks him
(d) Danny bites his leg

12. 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

13. How does the message from Danny come to Jack Hallorann?
(a) Like a whisper in his ear
(b) Like static on the radio
(c) Barely audible and weak
(d) All at once, like a blast that drove everything else away

14. What does Danny realize about his father when Jack chases him?
(a) His father is going to get better
(b) His father no longer loves him
(c) His father never loved him
(d) His father is no longer human, but part of the Overlook

15. What does Jack wonder about Danny's blank face and catatonic state after he goes into Room 217?
(a) He thinks Danny might be play-acting to escape punishment
(b) He wonders if Danny never went in Room 217
(c) He wonders what punishment he should give Danny for trespassing
(d) He is worried that Danny will never be the same

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wendy find when she goes to make lunch?

2. Who is it that Danny realizes is chasing him?

3. What does Hallorann tell Danny to do if he ever needs him?

4. What happens when Wendy offers to help Jack upstairs?

5. What does Grady tell Jack he has to do?

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