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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Danny lock the bathroom door?
(a) To keep Wendy out
(b) He hears voices coming that way
(c) He is afraid of the wasps
(d) Tony tells him to

2. What would Jack do to the topiary animals if he owned the Overlook?
(a) Hire a professional landscaper to take care of them
(b) Trim them regularly
(c) Cut them all down
(d) Fertilize the soil around them

3. What does Danny say happened to him in Room 217?
(a) He says that he was attacked by a dead woman
(b) He says that the shower curtain fell on him
(c) He says he fell on the bathroom floor
(d) He says that nothing happened

4. Why does Dr. Edmonds theorize Danny does not need Tony anymore?
(a) Danny is getting older
(b) Tony has said too many things that did not come true
(c) Danny fears being separated from Jack
(d) Jack and Wendy get along now, so Tony has outlived his usefulness

5. How does Jack respond to Wendy's suggestion Danny get a check-up?
(a) Wordlessly stalks away
(b) A verbal rant at Wendy
(c) Rambles on about his childhood at Danny's age.
(d) Says all three of them should get a check-up

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wendy think as she, Danny, and Jack watch the snow fall?

2. Why is Jack ranting before Danny provides the answer?

3. As Danny lies awake, what does he imagine about flesh eating plants?

4. What is it that Jack and Al have in common?

5. What does Jack do when he goes to the Colorado Lounge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the message Jack receives from his dead father on the two-way radio?

2. What does Jack discover when he goes to investigate Room 217?

3. Why does Jack compare his life to "The Great Wasp Nest of Life"?

4. What vision does Danny experience when Dr. Bill asks him to try and contact Tony?

5. What does Danny see on the wallpaper as Ullman gives the Torrance's a tour of the Overlook?

6. What happens to Danny when he concentrates, thinking very hard?

7. What view do the Torrance's see as they look out the window in the Overlook Hotel?

8. What are the changes Wendy notices in Jack that cause her to worry so much about him?

9. What is Jack's gut reaction once Mr. Ullman leaves the Overlook and the Torrance family is left alone?

10. Why does Danny grab the guardrail and become faint when the family is looking at the Overlook Hotel for the first time?

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