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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39, On the Stairs | Chapter 40, In the Basement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jack ranting before Danny provides the answer?
(a) Wendy's expensive wristwatch is missing
(b) He cannot locate the trunk labeled
(c) The movers broke at least 6 things
(d) The VW fuel pump has failed

2. What does Wendy remember that gets her excited?
(a) There is a snowmobile in the shed
(b) They can ski down the mountain
(c) There is an old truck in the shed
(d) There is a ski lift that will carry them down the mountain

3. Who is sitting at the lobby fireplace on the Overlook's closing day?
(a) Ullman's wife
(b) Sidewinder police
(c) 3 nuns
(d) The sheriff

4. What does Jack think about doing when he picks up the roque mallet in the shed?
(a) Throwing it out in the snow
(b) Destroying the snowmobile
(c) Locking it in the tool box
(d) Burning it in the furnace

5. What happens to the boiler as Jack looks over old papers and invoices in the basement?
(a) It shuts down
(b) It catches fire
(c) It explodes
(d) It starts squealing and clanking

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack's reaction when Wendy tells him for a second time that they have to get off the mountain?

2. What occurs at the scenic turnout?

3. Why is Stuart Ullman hiring Jack to be caretaker of the Overlook?

4. What is Jack thinking as he gazes at the wasp nest?

5. How many guest rooms in the Overlook?

(see the answer key)

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