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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack have to promise Grady to get him to open the pantry door?
(a) He will leave the Overlook
(b) He will kill Wendy and bring Danny to the manager
(c) He will kill himself
(d) He will kill Wendy and Danny

2. What fills Hallorann's head as he drives to the Overlook?
(a) A terrifying voice, telling him to stay away from the Overlook
(b) A bright light
(c) Thoughts of blood and destruction
(d) The idea of turning around

3. What does Wendy find when she goes to make lunch?
(a) A hedge lion in the lobby
(b) The front door is open
(c) Ullman, on the front steps
(d) Jack, on the floor beside the bar

4. Wendy is severely injured. How does she get out of the Overlook?
(a) She lets herself drop out the window
(b) Danny drags her out of the hotel
(c) Hallorann carries both Wendy and Danny out of the hotel
(d) She manages to crawl out the door

5. What does Jack decide to do if Wendy asks him why Danny said that he knew about the hedge animals?
(a) He will say that Danny is schizophrenic
(b) He will deny it
(c) He will tell Wendy everything he knows about the strange events in the Overlook
(d) He will not answer her

6. What do Hallorann, Wendy, and Danny see as they are riding in the snowmobile on the way to Sidewinder?
(a) A large tree fallen across the road
(b) Jack Torrance waving for help
(c) A chain of snowmobile lights heading in their direction
(d) The hedge lion, blocking the way

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

8. Where does Danny find Wendy and Hallorann?
(a) In Room 217
(b) Locked in the bedroom
(c) On the second floor
(d) In the pantry

9. Who does Hallorann call for help to check on the Overlook?
(a) The rangers in Sidewinder
(b) Al Shockley
(c) Ullman
(d) Durkin

10. Who is it that Danny realizes is chasing him?
(a) The wasps from the nest Jack found
(b) The woman in Room 217
(c) It is the evil force of the Overlook hiding behind his father's face
(d) Lloyd and Mr. Grady

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

12. How does Hallorann get a snowmobile in the middle of a storm?
(a) He buys it in Sidewinder
(b) He finds it on the side of the road
(c) He rents it from Larry Durkin in Sidewinder
(d) The snowplow driver gives it to him

13. What does Jack say to Danny while he is chasing him with the mallet?
(a) He tells Danny to come out and take his medicine for what he did wrong
(b) He tells Danny that he is sorry
(c) He tells Danny they will run away from the hotel
(d) He tells Danny that Wendy is dead

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack think Danny bruised his neck?

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

3. How does Wendy get away from Jack?

4. How is Hallorann forced off the road on the way to the Overlook?

5. What advice does Hallorann give Danny before he and Wendy move away?

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