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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurs at the scenic turnout?
(a) The VW overheats and stalls for hours
(b) Danny realizes REDRUM is at the Overlook
(c) Wendy comments on heavy traffic coming from Overlook
(d) Wendy refuses to look at the panorama

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

3. Where are Jack and Wendy while the dead woman is strangling Danny?
(a) In the equipment shed
(b) In the basement
(c) Arguing
(d) Sleeping

4. What is Jack thinking as he gazes at the wasp nest?
(a) Symbolic of his life's experiences
(b) Danny will be in danger while playing on the lawn
(c) The bug bomb might not be effective
(d) One of the smallest he has ever seen

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

6. What does Jack dream his father tells him through the radio?
(a) To kill Danny
(b) To take Danny off the mountain
(c) To kill himself
(d) To get out of the Overlook

7. What is Wendy thinking about the 1926 Overlook elevator?
(a) It is well maintained
(b) It is quaint
(c) It is too small
(d) It is unsafe

8. What indicates to Wendy that all is not right with Danny?
(a) He chatters non-stop
(b) He is tired all the time
(c) Bad dreams every night
(d) She thinks he has lost weight

9. What is the surprise item for Danny when he returns from the store?
(a) Pictures of him with Hallorann
(b) A wasp nest
(c) Some new books
(d) 3 dead wasps

10. Why is Jack mocking George?
(a) Because George is a wimp
(b) Because George stutters
(c) Because George is dense
(d) Because George's father is wealthy

11. What is the background of some guests of the Overlook that Jack reads in an article he finds in the basement?
(a) They were film stars and entertainers
(b) They were upstanding political figures
(c) They were involved in murder, drug trafficking, tax evasion, prostitution, bootlegging and illegal gambling
(d) They were the families of heroes who served in the war

12. What happens when Jack covers his eyes and then reopens them?
(a) The hedge lion moves closer
(b) Snow has begun to fall
(c) The hedge animals are back in position
(d) Danny falls in the snow

13. What thought is Hallorann shining to Danny?
(a) Pretend illness and get out of Overlook today
(b) Your family is in danger at Overlook
(c) Your father hates you
(d) Sure you don't want to go to Florida doc?

14. What happens as Danny stands at the bedroom window at 2 AM?
(a) He sees Jack passed out on the sidewalk.
(b) He sees a deserted street
(c) He hears only soft breezes.
(d) He sees vandals once again puncture VW tires

15. How does Al Shockley react to Jack's idea about writing a historical book about the Overlook?
(a) He wants to be mentioned in the book
(b) He loves the idea
(c) He is critical of the idea, telling Jack to forget about it
(d) He wants Jack to begin the book right away

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jack's father treat him when he was drunk?

2. How does Jack respond to Wendy's suggestion Danny get a check-up?

3. What does Wendy sense from the moment Danny is born?

4. What does Jack notice when he hears a noise behind him in the topiary?

5. What random thought comes to Jack when reading about the costume ball?

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