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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is it that scares Danny before his shine ends at the curb?
(a) The VW huffing up the street
(b) The word divorce
(c) Redrum redrum redrum written on a bathroom mirror
(d) Tom the drunk

3. As Danny runs to the door, what does he remember Hallorann told him?
(a) Everything in the hotel is real
(b) Think about something else
(c) Close his eyes and everything will go away
(d) Nothing in the hotel can harm him

4. What does Jack say he intentionally did to Danny?
(a) Suggested he was a strange, loser child
(b) Left him alone in the car for long periods
(c) Broke his arm
(d) Told him scary stories

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

6. Watson explains every hotel has its scandals. What is Overlook's?
(a) Criminals often operate here for months because of the seclusion
(b) Illegal workers often hide here for weeks
(c) Non-payment of taxes for years
(d) The rich woman overdoses when the 17 year old

7. What does Jack see in the bathroom of Room 217 the second time he looks?
(a) Hallorann's body
(b) A woman's shape in the tub
(c) Nothing again
(d) A bathtub of blood

8. Where do Wendy and Jack find Danny?
(a) In the basement
(b) At the top of the stairs with a bruised neck
(c) In the equipment shed
(d) In the topiary

9. What happens as Danny tests his shining on Hallorann?
(a) Hallorann passes out
(b) Danny passes out
(c) Hallorann winces, jerks backward and bites his lip
(d) Nothing

10. What is Jack's conclusion as the reason he called Ullman?
(a) To ask if he could stay on after next May
(b) To report a boiler malfunction
(c) To be fired while there was still time
(d) To generally keep in touch

11. Why is Stuart Ullman hiring Jack to be caretaker of the Overlook?
(a) He knows Jack needs the money
(b) Because of the influence of Albert Shockley
(c) He wants to give Jack a chance
(d) He likes Jack's attitude

12. As Danny lies awake, what does he imagine about flesh eating plants?
(a) They surround Overlook
(b) They drag him to darkness
(c) They drag Jack away
(d) They surround the VW

13. What happens in the hallway that nearly freezes Danny with terror?
(a) Several guest room doors quickly open and slam shut
(b) The fire hose nozzle plus a short length fall to the carpet
(c) He hears band music from earlier decades
(d) Hundreds of wasps are at the window

14. As he ascends the basement stairs, what words of Watson does he recall?
(a) This is one of the world's greatest hotels
(b) Every big hotel has got a ghost
(c) Do not poke around in the basement
(d) The guest lists hide many secrets

15. What is Halloran's assurance to Danny?
(a) There are only a few storms each winter
(b) He will have lots to do in the winter
(c) There is nothing at Overlook that can hurt him
(d) Supplies will last all winter

Short Answer Questions

1. How much liquor remains in the Colorado Lounge?

2. What is the "bad thing" the maid is showing Hallorann?

3. What is Wendy resigned to accept?

4. What is it that Jack and Al have in common?

5. What does Danny say happened to him in Room 217?

(see the answer keys)

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