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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hallorann tell Danny to do if he ever needs him?
(a) To call him on the phone like a normal person
(b) Try to figure out the problem himself
(c) Never to bother him again
(d) To use his shine

2. How does Jack think Danny bruised his neck?
(a) He thinks he might have done it
(b) He thinks Wendy did it
(c) He thinks Danny did it to himself
(d) He thinks Danny did it on the swings

3. What does Danny wonder when Wendy tells him they will get out in the spring?
(a) He wonders is his father will get better
(b) He wonders if Wendy will turn against him
(c) He wonders if he will be attacked by hedge animals
(d) He wonders if there will ever be a spring

4. What do Wendy, Danny, and Hallorann do in the final paragraph of the story?
(a) They complain that their lives will always be full of tragedy
(b) They talk about all the horrors of the Overlook hotel
(c) They sit together fishing on a dock in the afternoon sun
(d) They argue about where Wendy and Danny should live

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

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

7. Who hands Jack a martini, compliments of the manager?
(a) Mr. Grady
(b) Lloyd
(c) Ullman
(d) Hallorann

8. Why does Danny scream when he looks into the bathroom mirror?
(a) He sees the wasps nest in the mirror
(b) He sees Jack laughing in the mirror
(c) He sees the dead woman staring back at him
(d) He sees REDRUM spells MURDER backwards

9. What does Jack do after Wendy stabs him?
(a) He follows her up the stairs
(b) He falls down the stairs
(c) He becomes unconscious
(d) He crawls away

10. What does Wendy vow to do if Danny is in danger?
(a) Take him into the mountains if she has to
(b) Go to her mothers
(c) Get the snowmobile started and escape
(d) Hide in the basement with him

11. What does Jack do when Hallorann walks past his hiding place?
(a) He comes out of the elevator and strikes Hallorann on the head with the mallet
(b) He punches Hallorann and tells him to get out of the hotel
(c) He runs out of the elevator and down the hall
(d) He stays very quiet, so Hallorann won't find him

12. What does Danny discover when he tries to escape from Jack through the trapdoor?
(a) He cannot reach the trapdoor
(b) The trapdoor is guarded by a hedge dog
(c) The trapdoor is no longer there
(d) Jack has padlocked the trapdoor

13. What does Jack do when Wendy goes to see if he is still in the pantry?
(a) He pleads with her to let him out
(b) He cries, saying he is sorry
(c) He curses and screams, vowing revenge
(d) He attacks Wendy with the mallet, hitting her in the stomach, breaking two ribs

14. What is Jack's reaction when Wendy tells him for a second time that they have to get off the mountain?
(a) He says that he will fix the snowmobile
(b) He tells her he is sorry, but he doesn't know what to do
(c) He tells her he will try to think of something
(d) He is angry at her nagging and wants to kill her

15. What does Hallorann see as he turns into the Overlook drive?
(a) Jack, holding a mallet
(b) Wendy, covered in blood
(c) Danny, crying
(d) The hedge lion

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jack when he tries to break down the bathroom door?

2. What does Wendy do when she gets away from Jack?

3. When Danny goes into the bathroom, what does he see?

4. What is Hallorann thinking when he goes to the equipment shed to get blankets?

5. What does Jack tell Danny when he catches him?

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