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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hallorann see as he turns into the Overlook drive?
(a) Danny, crying
(b) Wendy, covered in blood
(c) Jack, holding a mallet
(d) The hedge lion

2. What does Jack do when he gets out of the pantry?
(a) He takes the mallet and swings it back and forth
(b) He runs out into the snowstorm
(c) He kills himself
(d) He takes a knife from the pantry

3. What does Danny wonder when Wendy tells him they will get out in the spring?
(a) He wonders if he will be attacked by hedge animals
(b) He wonders is his father will get better
(c) He wonders if there will ever be a spring
(d) He wonders if Wendy will turn against him

4. What does Wendy remember that gets her excited?
(a) They can ski down the mountain
(b) There is a ski lift that will carry them down the mountain
(c) There is an old truck in the shed
(d) There is a snowmobile in the shed

5. What do Hallorann, Wendy, and Danny see as they are riding in the snowmobile on the way to Sidewinder?
(a) A chain of snowmobile lights heading in their direction
(b) Jack Torrance waving for help
(c) The hedge lion, blocking the way
(d) A large tree fallen across the road

6. Where does Danny find Wendy and Hallorann?
(a) In Room 217
(b) Locked in the bedroom
(c) In the pantry
(d) On the second floor

7. Wendy is severely injured. How does she get out of the Overlook?
(a) She lets herself drop out the window
(b) Danny drags her out of the hotel
(c) Hallorann carries both Wendy and Danny out of the hotel
(d) She manages to crawl out the door

8. What does Wendy find when she goes to make lunch?
(a) A hedge lion in the lobby
(b) Jack, on the floor beside the bar
(c) The front door is open
(d) Ullman, on the front steps

9. What does Danny realize as he lies down to sleep?
(a) Wendy wants to stay in the hotel forever
(b) Jack wants to stay in the hotel forever
(c) Jack wants to go back to Vermont
(d) Wendy is going insane

10. What is the terrible dream Danny awakens from?
(a) He dreams that he and his mother watch as the hotel burns to the ground, seeing Jack on fire
(b) He dreams that Jack hits him with a mallet
(c) He dreams that the hedge lion ripped him to pieces
(d) He dreams that the dead woman in Room 217 strangled him

11. 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 sit together fishing on a dock in the afternoon sun
(c) They complain that their lives will always be full of tragedy
(d) They argue about where Wendy and Danny should live

12. Where is Jack hiding as Hallorann comes up the stairs?
(a) In the pantry
(b) In the elevator
(c) On the roof
(d) In the boiler room

13. How does Danny find out that Wendy and Mr. Hallorann are hurt?
(a) The dead woman in Room 217 tells him
(b) Jack smiles and tells him
(c) Tony tells him
(d) It is written on the bathroom mirror

14. What happens when Wendy offers to help Jack upstairs?
(a) He thanks her for the help
(b) He passes out
(c) He grabs Wendy's foot and then tries to strangle her
(d) He is unable to get up

15. Where does Dick Hallorann work after the tragedy at the Overlook?
(a) A restaurant in Colorado
(b) A bed and breakfast inn in Vermont
(c) A diner in New York
(d) A small resort in Maine

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Danny to call for Hallorann?

2. Why does Danny scream when he looks into the bathroom mirror?

3. Halloran points toward the playground and what does Danny see?

4. What is Jack trying to repair to take his family to town?

5. Who hands Jack a martini, compliments of the manager?

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