The Shining Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Shining Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hallorann always smell before he shines?
(a) Chicken cooking
(b) Oranges
(c) Lemons
(d) Pine trees

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

4. Why did Danny lock the bathroom door?
(a) He hears voices coming that way
(b) To keep Wendy out
(c) Tony tells him to
(d) He is afraid of the wasps

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

6. What does Wendy think as she, Danny, and Jack watch the snow fall?
(a) If Danny will have to go to the doctor
(b) If she can save her marriage
(c) What will become of them?
(d) If it will ever be spring

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

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

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

10. What does Wendy assume happened to Danny's neck?
(a) Jack did it
(b) Danny fell on the stairs
(c) Danny did it
(d) Danny did it with his jump rope

11. Why is Watson lingering in the lobby after staff has departed?
(a) To collect his pay from Ullman
(b) He has misplaced his luggage
(c) To remind Jack to closely monitor the furnace and boiler
(d) To give Ullman his keys

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

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

14. What is the background of some guests of the Overlook that Jack reads in an article he finds in the basement?
(a) They were upstanding political figures
(b) They were film stars and entertainers
(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

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 wants Jack to begin the book right away
(c) He loves the idea
(d) He is critical of the idea, telling Jack to forget about it

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Brent causing a fuss?

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

3. How does Wendy react when she realizes that Jack really didn't hurt Danny?

4. Where does Wendy find Jack after she hears him screaming?

5. What phrase by Ullman echoed in Jack's mind?

(see the answer keys)

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