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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. What does Wendy do when she gets to Danny?
(a) She faints at the sight of Danny's neck
(b) She tells Jack to carry Danny to the bedroom
(c) She yells at Danny for scaring her
(d) She picks him up and runs to the bedroom

2. How does Jack respond to Wendy's suggestion Danny get a check-up?
(a) A verbal rant at Wendy
(b) Wordlessly stalks away
(c) Rambles on about his childhood at Danny's age.
(d) Says all three of them should get a check-up

3. What indicates to Wendy that all is not right with Danny?
(a) She thinks he has lost weight
(b) He chatters non-stop
(c) He is tired all the time
(d) Bad dreams every night

4. What does Dr. Edmonds say Danny possesses?
(a) Extraordinary human perception
(b) Emotional instability
(c) Scattered illusions
(d) Very good memory

5. What is the last town before Overlook?
(a) Rexall
(b) Stovington
(c) Sidewinder Pass
(d) Ullman Township

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hallorann always smell before he shines?

2. What is student George Hatfield doing when Jack attacks him?

3. As Danny runs to the door, what does he remember Hallorann told him?

4. Where does Danny go after he opens the door to Room 217?

5. When Danny shines what is the name of the imaginary person?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the woman Danny sees when he enters the bathroom of Room 217.

2. Why does Wendy change her mind about divorcing Jack?

3. When Danny comes out of his comatose state, he screams for his Daddy. What does he say and what assumption does Jack make?

4. What vision does Danny experience when Dr. Bill asks him to try and contact Tony?

5. What event causes Al Shockley and Jack to swear off drinking?

6. Why does Mr. Ullman hire Jack to be the winter caretaker at the Overlook hotel?

7. Why does Danny grab the guardrail and become faint when the family is looking at the Overlook Hotel for the first time?

8. Why does Wendy decide to make Danny an appointment for a physical in Sidewinder?

9. What does Danny's mother tell him about Tony?

10. What does Danny see on the wallpaper as Ullman gives the Torrance's a tour of the Overlook?

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