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Study Guide

The Shining | Quiz

Stephen King
This Study Guide consists of approximately 109 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Shining.

The Shining | Quiz

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1)

Why doesn't Danny want to go to his grandmother's? (from Chapter 21, Night Thoughts | Chapter 22, In the Truck)

His grandmother's house smells
His grandmother has mean cats
He doesn't like his grandmother's cooking
He knows about the hatred between Wendy and her mother
2)

What does the Overlook tell Hallorann to do when he is in the shed? (from Chapter 57, Exit)

To get away from the hotel
To kill Wendy and Danny
To kill himself
To smash the snowmobile
3)

Where does Danny go after he opens the door to Room 217? (from Chapter 25, Inside 217 | Chapter 26, Dreamland)

Into the bathroom
To the bed
To the mirror
To the mini bar
4)

What does Jack notice when he hears a noise behind him in the topiary? (from Chapter 23, In the Playground | Chapter 24, Snow)

Wendy is waving to him
Danny is playing in the snow
A rabbit jumps out of the bushes
The hedge animals are blocking his path
5)

What does Jack do when he goes to the Colorado Lounge? (from Chapter 27, Catatonic | Chapter 28, It Was Her!)

He thinks about how much he loves Wendy
He sits down and cries
He starts a conversation with Lloyd, the bartender
He sits on a barstool talking to his father
6)

What does Jack think about doing when he picks up the roque mallet in the shed? (from Chapter 33, The Snowmobile | Chapter 34, The Hedges)

Locking it in the tool box
Destroying the snowmobile
Throwing it out in the snow
Burning it in the furnace
7)

What does Hallorann see in the window of the Presidential Suite as the Overlook burns? (from Chapter 57, Exit)

He sees Jack Torrance burning
He sees Lloyd and Mr. Grady screaming
He sees the dead woman from Room 217 melting
He sees a dark shape that looks like a swarming nest of wasps
8)

Where do Wendy and Danny go after the fire in the Overlook? (from Chapter 58, Epilogue/Summer)

They move back to Vermont
They move in with Wendy's mother
They stay with Dick Hallorann at the Red Arrow Lodge
They go to a shelter
9)

What is Jack's reaction when Wendy tells him for a second time that they have to get off the mountain? (from Chapter 31, The Verdict | Chapter 32, The Bedroom)

He says that he will fix the snowmobile
He tells her he will try to think of something
He tells her he is sorry, but he doesn't know what to do
He is angry at her nagging and wants to kill her
10)

What does Danny see in the bathroom? (from Chapter 25, Inside 217 | Chapter 26, Dreamland)

Ullman's head
An empty wasp's nest
A dead bloated female corpse grinning up at him with glassy dead eyes
Nothing
11)

What does Wendy do when she gets away from Jack? (from Chapter 45, Stapleton Airport, Denver | Chapter 46, Wendy)

She tells Jack she is sorry
She runs out into the snow with Danny
She pleads with him not to hurt her
She smashes a wine bottle over his head
12)

What does Jack decide to do if Wendy asks him why Danny said that he knew about the hedge animals? (from Chapter 35, The Lobby | Chapter 36, The Elevator)

He will tell Wendy everything he knows about the strange events in the Overlook
He will say that Danny is schizophrenic
He will deny it
He will not answer her
13)

What does Wendy assume happened to Danny's neck? (from Chapter 27, Catatonic | Chapter 28, It Was Her!)

Danny did it
Jack did it
Danny did it with his jump rope
Danny fell on the stairs
14)

What does Danny discover when he tries to escape from Jack through the trapdoor? (from Chapter 51, Hallorann Arrives | Chapter 52, Wendy and Jack)

Jack has padlocked the trapdoor
The trapdoor is no longer there
The trapdoor is guarded by a hedge dog
He cannot reach the trapdoor
15)

What happens when Jack covers his eyes and then reopens them? (from Chapter 23, In the Playground | Chapter 24, Snow)

The hedge lion moves closer
Snow has begun to fall
Danny falls in the snow
The hedge animals are back in position
16)

What happens to Lloyd when Jack asks what the manager wants with his son? (from Chapter 43, Drinks on the House | Chapter 44, Conversations at the Party)

Lloyd's face changes shape, cracking and turning yellow
Lloyd turns red with anger
Lloyd turns into a snake
Lloyd disappears
17)

What does Jack say to Danny while he is chasing him with the mallet? (from Chapter 51, Hallorann Arrives | Chapter 52, Wendy and Jack)

He tells Danny to come out and take his medicine for what he did wrong
He tells Danny that he is sorry
He tells Danny that Wendy is dead
He tells Danny they will run away from the hotel
18)

What happens to the boiler as Jack looks over old papers and invoices in the basement? (from Chapter 39, On the Stairs | Chapter 40, In the Basement)

It catches fire
It explodes
It starts squealing and clanking
It shuts down
19)

What is it that Danny says to get Jack to leave him alone? (from Chapter 55, That Which Was Forgotten | Chapter 56, The Explosion)

Wendy is behind Jack with a knife
The boiler has not been checked and might explode
Mr. Hallorann is coming up the stairs
The time Jack broke his arm
20)

Where does Dick Hallorann work after the tragedy at the Overlook? (from Chapter 58, Epilogue/Summer)

A bed and breakfast inn in Vermont
A small resort in Maine
A restaurant in Colorado
A diner in New York
21)

How does Jack think Danny bruised his neck? (from Chapter 31, The Verdict | Chapter 32, The Bedroom)

He thinks he might have done it
He thinks Danny did it on the swings
He thinks Wendy did it
He thinks Danny did it to himself
22)

Why can't the rangers check on the Overlook? (from Chapter 41, Daylight | Chapter 42, Midair)

They are all on a rescue mission
There is not a good reason
They can't leave the station
The storm is too severe
23)

Why does Jack force Danny to look out the window at the topiary? (from Chapter 35, The Lobby | Chapter 36, The Elevator)

Because the hedge animals look like snow animals in the storm
Because Jack just trimmed the hedge animals
Because Danny told Jack and Wendy that the hedge animals attacked him
Because Danny is always afraid to look at the topiary
24)

What does Grady tell Jack he has to do? (from Chapter 43, Drinks on the House | Chapter 44, Conversations at the Party)

Write a history of the Overlook
Find Ullman
Discipline Wendy and Danny
Destroy the scrapbook
25)

What does Jack think about when he takes a break from trimming the topiary animals and goes to the playground? (from Chapter 23, In the Playground | Chapter 24, Snow)

He thinks about his life with his alcoholic father
He thinks about Wendy's mother
He thinks about his life in Vermont
He thinks about Danny's friend, Tony
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