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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. Who does Jack begin to blame for all the trouble at the hotel?

2. How does Wendy get away from Jack?

3. What does Jack yank out of the snowmobile and throw in the snow?

4. What happens when Danny tries to call Hallorann for help?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jack hope Wendy asks him after he slaps Danny and they get him settled down to sleep?

3. Jack feels Wendy is nagging him when she continues to ask about finding the snowmobile to get away from the Overlook? As Jack dwells on what she has said, what solution does he come up with?

4. What deal does Jack make with Grady if he lets him out of the pantry?

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

6. What does Hallorann encounter while he is going to the Overlook on the snowmobile?

7. As Hallorann drives his car up the road to the Overlook, what message does he receive?

8. What does Jack continue to scream while he is locked in the pantry?

9. What events take place after Wendy finds Jack drunk on the floor?

10. What does Jack do when he finds Wendy in the ballroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Discuss how Jack Torrance's character changes from the beginning of the novel to the end.

2) How does his attitude change toward his family?

3) How does his attitude toward his fathering techniques change?

4) What are the differences in his attitude toward the way his father treated his mother differ from the beginning to the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

1) Analyze the image of the wasp's nest which Jack finds on the roof of the Overlook and how it comes to life in Danny's bedroom to the mention of a wasp's nest by Hallorann at the end of the story.

2) What does the wasp's nest symbolize?

3) What images does Hallorann use to describe the angry wasps in the Overlook's smoking window?

4) How do these images compare to the images of the wasps in Danny's room?

Essay Topic 3

1) Compare Jack Torrance's thoughts and ideas as he gives up drinking in the first section of the novel, to his thoughts when he goes to the Colorado Lounge to talk to Lloyd and Mr. Grady.

2) How does he feel about his family in each of the two parts of the novel?

3) How do her views toward punishment and abuse change from before he lives at the Overlook to after?

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