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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is it that Danny realizes is chasing him?
(a) The woman in Room 217
(b) Lloyd and Mr. Grady
(c) The wasps from the nest Jack found
(d) It is the evil force of the Overlook hiding behind his father's face

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

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

6. How does Jack feel when Wendy asks him how he is going to get them off the mountain?
(a) He apologizes for not making arrangements for getting them into town
(b) He slaps her
(c) He ignores her
(d) He laughs angrily, telling Wendy they are snowed in

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

8. What does Jack do when Hallorann walks past his hiding place?
(a) He stays very quiet, so Hallorann won't find him
(b) He runs out of the elevator and down the hall
(c) He punches Hallorann and tells him to get out of the hotel
(d) He comes out of the elevator and strikes Hallorann on the head with the mallet

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

10. Who tells Danny to call for Hallorann?
(a) Jack
(b) Tony
(c) Wendy
(d) Ullman

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

12. What does Jack announce as he enters the Colorado Lounge?
(a) He says that he must be imagining all of this
(b) He says that he is leaving the Overlook
(c) He says that he never should have come to the hotel
(d) He says that he has been away but now he is back

13. Why does Danny use his "shining" to call Hallorann?
(a) To tell his to stay away from the hotel
(b) To help them get out of the Overlook
(c) To let him know that everything is okay
(d) To tell him they might need his help

14. What does Jack say to Danny while he is chasing him with the mallet?
(a) He tells Danny to come out and take his medicine for what he did wrong
(b) He tells Danny that he is sorry
(c) He tells Danny they will run away from the hotel
(d) He tells Danny that Wendy is dead

15. What excuse does Hallorann tell his boss to get three days off to go help Danny?
(a) That his ex-wife died
(b) That he just found out he has cancer
(c) That his son was shot and in the hospital
(d) That his daughter is sick

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the message from Danny come to Jack Hallorann?

3. What does Wendy find in the elevator?

4. What do Wendy and Danny do with Jack?

5. What does Jack decide to do if Wendy asks him why Danny said that he knew about the hedge animals?

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