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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hallorann see in the window of the Presidential Suite as the Overlook burns?

2. What does Wendy remember that gets her excited?

3. Why does Danny use his "shining" to call Hallorann?

4. How does Wendy get away from Jack?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What goes through Hallorann's mind when he goes into the equipment shed to get blankets for Wendy and Danny?

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

3. 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?

4. What do Hallorann, Wendy, and Danny see as they are riding in the snowmobile on the way to Sidewinder?

5. Why is Hallorann so frustrated when he gets off the plane in Denver?

6. 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?

7. What is Danny dreaming when he awakens from a nightmare in the bedroom?

8. What does Tony tell Danny while they are in the world away from the Overlook?

9. What does Jack see and hear when he goes to the Colorado Lounge?

10. What plans do Wendy have for the future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to each of the characters in the novel.

2) Explain the metamorphosis each of them experiences in the final chapter.

3) Describe how the image of Danny's fishing gives hope to both the reader and the surviving characters.

Essay Topic 2

1) Analyze Jack's final acts in the story.

2) Was his character completely evil in the end?

3) Justify the answer with examples from the story.

4) What alternatives did he have at the climax of the story?

Essay Topic 3

1) Evaluate the relationship between Danny and his mother, Wendy.

2) How does Jack affect their relationship with one another?

3) What is it that causes Wendy to worry so much about Danny?

4) Give examples from the story of how they interact with one another.

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