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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Danny see in the bathroom?
(a) An empty wasp's nest
(b) Nothing
(c) A dead bloated female corpse grinning up at him with glassy dead eyes
(d) Ullman's head

2. What does Wendy tell Danny about his friend, Tony?
(a) She believes in him
(b) It's okay for Danny to have an imaginary friend
(c) She doesn't think he is real
(d) Danny is too old for an imaginary friend

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

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

5. Why is Danny sitting on the curb sulking?
(a) His dog is missing for over 1 hour
(b) His mother has just screamed and scolded him
(c) Tom, the drunk man on the third floor scares him
(d) He awaits his father to fix his glider

6. Who does Jack call while Danny waits in the VW?
(a) George Hatfield
(b) Tony
(c) Stuart Ullman
(d) Al Shockley

7. What is the last town before Overlook?
(a) Rexall
(b) Stovington
(c) Ullman Township
(d) Sidewinder Pass

8. How did Jack's father treat him when he was drunk?
(a) Beat him
(b) Screamed at him
(c) Ignored him
(d) Hugged him

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

10. As Jack is ready to leave Room 217, what happens?
(a) He sees blood on the floor
(b) He smells lavender soap and hears a metallic sound from the bathroom
(c) He sees a hedge lion in the doorway
(d) The door locks before he can get out

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

12. What does Jack notice when he hears a noise behind him in the topiary?
(a) The hedge animals are blocking his path
(b) A rabbit jumps out of the bushes
(c) Wendy is waving to him
(d) Danny is playing in the snow

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

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

15. When Danny breaks free from Wendy's arms, what does he scream?
(a) Daddy did it!
(b) Lloyd did it!
(c) Mr. Grady did it!
(d) It was her!

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Edmonds say Danny possesses?

2. How does Danny feel while he sits with his parents in the Overlook lobby?

3. How does Ullman describe the Florida place?

4. What 3 words does Danny say as Jack is shaking him?

5. Where do both Danny and Wendy agree to spend the winter?

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