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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jack hiding as Hallorann comes up the stairs?
(a) In the elevator
(b) In the pantry
(c) On the roof
(d) In the boiler room

2. What happens when the monster invading Jack's body goes into the boiler room?
(a) He releases the pressure in the boiler
(b) Lloyd meets him there, handing Jack a martini
(c) He notices that the Overlook scrapbook is missing
(d) He can't relieve the pressure in the boiler and it explodes

3. What does Jack tell Danny when he catches him?
(a) He is going to kill Danny
(b) To run and that he loves him
(c) He is taking Danny and Wendy away
(d) He is going to kill Wendy

4. Where is Jack standing when he sees the hotel coming to life?
(a) In the lobby
(b) Outside the Colorado Lounge
(c) In the elevator
(d) Outside Room 217

5. How is Hallorann forced off the road on the way to the Overlook?
(a) A swarm of wasps
(b) A hedge lion
(c) A snowplow
(d) The woman from Room 217 appears

6. What is the terrible dream Danny awakens from?
(a) He dreams that the dead woman in Room 217 strangled him
(b) He dreams that the hedge lion ripped him to pieces
(c) He dreams that he and his mother watch as the hotel burns to the ground, seeing Jack on fire
(d) He dreams that Jack hits him with a mallet

7. What does Jack see while he is locked in the pantry?
(a) He sees Ullman grinning
(b) He sees Danny laughing at him
(c) He sees his father's murder of his mother with a cane
(d) He sees his father crying with guilt for murdering Jack's mother

8. What does Hallorann see across the lobby at the bottom of the stairs?
(a) The rug is matted with blood and a piece of pink bathrobe is on the floor
(b) Danny in a trance
(c) Jack, waiting for him with a mallet in his hand
(d) Wendy, unconscious on the floor

9. What does Wendy remember that gets her excited?
(a) They can ski down the mountain
(b) There is a ski lift that will carry them down the mountain
(c) There is an old truck in the shed
(d) There is a snowmobile in the shed

10. What blocks Danny's path when he goes to find his father?
(a) The hedge lion
(b) The dead woman
(c) A man in a dog costume who threatens Danny
(d) The fire hose

11. Where does Dick Hallorann work after the tragedy at the Overlook?
(a) A bed and breakfast inn in Vermont
(b) A small resort in Maine
(c) A restaurant in Colorado
(d) A diner in New York

12. What does Jack wonder about Danny's blank face and catatonic state after he goes into Room 217?
(a) He is worried that Danny will never be the same
(b) He wonders if Danny never went in Room 217
(c) He thinks Danny might be play-acting to escape punishment
(d) He wonders what punishment he should give Danny for trespassing

13. What reaction does the hedge dog have when the Overlook explodes?
(a) It surges foreword, attacking Wendy and Danny
(b) It recoils away, flattens its ears, and puts its tail between its legs
(c) It crawls up to Danny and lies at his feet
(d) It roars with revenge, shaking its head back and forth

14. What does Hallorann see in the window of the Presidential Suite as the Overlook burns?
(a) He sees a dark shape that looks like a swarming nest of wasps
(b) He sees Lloyd and Mr. Grady screaming
(c) He sees Jack Torrance burning
(d) He sees the dead woman from Room 217 melting

15. What advice does Hallorann give Danny before he and Wendy move away?
(a) He advises Danny to forget his father and the pain he caused
(b) He tells Danny to love those who die, but to get on with life
(c) He encourages Danny to dwell on the past and learn from it
(d) He tells Danny to toughen up, putting the past behind him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lloyd tell Jack that the manager is interested in?

2. How does Wendy get away from Jack?

3. What does Wendy vow to do if Danny is in danger?

4. How do Danny and Wendy react after Jack tells them he found nothing in Room 217?

5. How far does Hallorann have to detour because of the storm?

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