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

2. What do Wendy, Danny, and Hallorann do in the final paragraph of the story?
(a) They talk about all the horrors of the Overlook hotel
(b) They complain that their lives will always be full of tragedy
(c) They sit together fishing on a dock in the afternoon sun
(d) They argue about where Wendy and Danny should live

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

4. Why does Danny scream and wake Wendy?
(a) He is afraid of her
(b) He lost his shining
(c) He sees a vision that terrifies him
(d) He hears a mallet hitting the walls

5. What fills Hallorann's head as he drives to the Overlook?
(a) Thoughts of blood and destruction
(b) The idea of turning around
(c) A terrifying voice, telling him to stay away from the Overlook
(d) A bright light

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack yank out of the snowmobile and throw in the snow?

2. What does Wendy vow to do if Danny is in danger?

3. What does Danny discover when he tries to escape from Jack through the trapdoor?

4. What happens to Lloyd when Jack asks what the manager wants with his son?

5. What does Jack do after Wendy stabs him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Jack feels Wendy is nagging him when she continues to ask about finding the snowmobile to get away from the Overlook? As Jack dwells on what she has said, what solution does he come up with?

2. What does Danny think about as he and Wendy wait in the bedroom with a kitchen knife in Wendy's hand?

3. What happens when the monster invading Jack's body goes into the boiler roo

4. What events take place after Wendy finds Jack drunk on the floor?

5. Jack leaves Room 217 and goes back to the kitchen where Wendy and Danny are waiting. What does he tell them he found in Room 217?

6. What is Dick Hallorann's reaction when he hears Danny's pleas for help in his head?

7. What does Jack suddenly realize while he is in the basement looking over old rock and roll albums?

8. How does Hallorann escape from the hedge lion's attack?

9. Jack goes to the equipment shed and finds the snowmobile. What does he decide to do after he finds all the parts he needs to get the Skidoo running?

10. What does the conversation between Grady and Jack consist of while they are in the Colorado Lounge?

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