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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Wendy find a job after she recovers from her injuries?
(a) She gets a job at a school in Maine
(b) She becomes a teacher in New Hampshire
(c) Al Shockley finds her a job in Maryland
(d) She works as an assistant cook for Hallorann

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

3. What advice does Hallorann give Danny before he and Wendy move away?
(a) He encourages Danny to dwell on the past and learn from it
(b) He tells Danny to toughen up, putting the past behind him
(c) He tells Danny to love those who die, but to get on with life
(d) He advises Danny to forget his father and the pain he caused

4. What does Jack do after Wendy stabs him?
(a) He follows her up the stairs
(b) He crawls away
(c) He becomes unconscious
(d) He falls down the stairs

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

6. Why does Danny run toward the porch of the hotel when he is playing in the snow?
(a) He hears something strange in the playground
(b) He has a premonition that something is wrong inside
(c) The hedge animals begin chasing him
(d) He has a terrifying vision

7. 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

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

9. What does Jack do when Wendy goes to see if he is still in the pantry?
(a) He cries, saying he is sorry
(b) He curses and screams, vowing revenge
(c) He pleads with her to let him out
(d) He attacks Wendy with the mallet, hitting her in the stomach, breaking two ribs

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

11. When Danny goes into the bathroom, what does he see?
(a) Wendy, crying
(b) Jack, holding a mallet
(c) The dead woman
(d) REDRUM flashing in the mirror

12. What does Jack see while he is locked in the pantry?
(a) He sees his father crying with guilt for murdering Jack's mother
(b) He sees Danny laughing at him
(c) He sees his father's murder of his mother with a cane
(d) He sees Ullman grinning

13. What happens to Lloyd when Jack asks what the manager wants with his son?
(a) Lloyd turns into a snake
(b) Lloyd turns red with anger
(c) Lloyd's face changes shape, cracking and turning yellow
(d) Lloyd disappears

14. What does Wendy find in the elevator?
(a) A mallet
(b) Nothing
(c) Confetti, streamers, and masks
(d) Bloody towel

15. Who does Jack begin to blame for all the trouble at the hotel?
(a) Danny
(b) Lloyd
(c) Ullman
(d) Shockley

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hallorann call for help to check on the Overlook?

2. Where is Jack hiding as Hallorann comes up the stairs?

3. What does Danny wonder when Wendy tells him they will get out in the spring?

4. What blocks Danny's path when he goes to find his father?

5. What does Wendy do when she gets away from Jack?

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