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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Brent causing a fuss?
(a) She thinks the bill is overcharged
(b) Her second husband has checked out without her
(c) The hotel cannot account for some of her jewelry
(d) She is not allowed to pay with her American Express card

2. How does Jack's father kill his mother?
(a) He hits her full force in the face and the back of the head, and cracking open her skull
(b) He suffocates her
(c) He pushes her down the stairs
(d) He poisons her

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

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

5. What does Wendy sense from the moment Danny is born?
(a) Danny is somehow unusual
(b) The family should re-locate to Massachusetts
(c) She will not have another child
(d) She will have many more children

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

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

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

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

10. What entire bottle of tablets did Jack chew to stop a hangover?
(a) Anacin
(b) Liver pills
(c) Glucose
(d) Excedrin

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

12. What does Danny tell his mother when she asks him to ask Tony if they should leave the hotel?
(a) He says that Tony can't come anymore
(b) He tells her he doesn't like to talk to Tony
(c) He says that he is mad at Tony
(d) He says that he can't make Tony come

13. What is the time period when the Overlook is built?
(a) After World War II, 1946 to 1948
(b) Between 1907 to 1909
(c) After the Civil War, 1868 to 1870
(d) During the Great Depression

14. How does Danny feel while he sits with his parents in the Overlook lobby?
(a) Worried
(b) Content
(c) Excited
(d) Too tired for people watching

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the background of some guests of the Overlook that Jack reads in an article he finds in the basement?

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

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

4. Why does Dr. Edmonds theorize Danny does not need Tony anymore?

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

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