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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. What transpires as Wendy is about to mention divorce?
(a) She is panicky and faints
(b) Danny falls and breaks his arm
(c) Jack loses his temper
(d) Jack asks for 1 week postponement

2. What thought arises when Jack ends the telephone call to Ullman?
(a) Al Shockley is not a reliable friend
(b) He needs to find Wendy and Danny and return to Overlook
(c) You lost your temper again, Jack
(d) The winter will not be so bad

3. What is the "bad thing" the maid is showing Hallorann?
(a) The lobby
(b) Room 217
(c) The kitchen
(d) The pool

4. What does Jack find when he first pulls back the shower curtain in Room 217?
(a) Confetti
(b) Nothing
(c) A hedge lion
(d) The dead woman

5. What is Danny doing before bedtime that bothers Wendy?
(a) Scattering his books on the floor
(b) Mumbling as if conversing with an unseen person
(c) Reading aloud with a fierce intensity
(d) Staring blankly out the bedroom window

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack feel about Danny going into Room 217?

2. What does Jack think about when he takes a break from trimming the topiary animals and goes to the playground?

3. As he ascends the basement stairs, what words of Watson does he recall?

4. What does Jack say is in the elevator?

5. What does Danny tell his mother when she asks him to ask Tony if they should leave the hotel?

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