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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't the rangers check on the Overlook?
(a) They can't leave the station
(b) They are all on a rescue mission
(c) The storm is too severe
(d) There is not a good reason

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

3. How does Wendy get away from Jack?
(a) She locks him in the bedroom
(b) She pushes him down the stairs
(c) She knocks him unconscious
(d) She scrambles into the bedroom and locks herself in the bathroom

4. What does Jack think the hotel will do after he releases the pressure in the boiler?
(a) Punish him for almost blowing up the hotel
(b) Thank him for saving the hotel
(c) Tell him he has to be more careful
(d) Kill him

5. Why does Danny scream and wake Wendy?
(a) He hears a mallet hitting the walls
(b) He lost his shining
(c) He sees a vision that terrifies him
(d) He is afraid of her

6. What does Jack do when he gets out of the pantry?
(a) He kills himself
(b) He takes a knife from the pantry
(c) He takes the mallet and swings it back and forth
(d) He runs out into the snowstorm

7. How far does Hallorann have to detour because of the storm?
(a) 5 miles
(b) 20 miles
(c) 2 miles
(d) 10 miles

8. What does the Overlook tell Hallorann to do when he is in the shed?
(a) To smash the snowmobile
(b) To kill himself
(c) To get away from the hotel
(d) To kill Wendy and Danny

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

10. 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

11. Why does Jack slap Danny?
(a) Danny cries for his blanket
(b) Danny is disrespectful to Wendy
(c) Danny refuses to answer Jack's questions
(d) Danny tells Jack that he knows Jack saw the hedge animals move

12. What does Jack announce as he enters the Colorado Lounge?
(a) He says that he has been away but now he is back
(b) He says that he never should have come to the hotel
(c) He says that he is leaving the Overlook
(d) He says that he must be imagining all of this

13. How do Danny and Wendy try to drown out Jack's screams?
(a) Listen to music
(b) Read books out loud
(c) Sing a song
(d) Cover their ears

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

15. Halloran points toward the playground and what does Danny see?
(a) The hedge animals are still chasing them, even though they are burning
(b) The hedge animals are standing and waving goodbye
(c) The hedge animals are running in circles
(d) All the hedge animals are back in position, black and charred

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danny realize about his father when Jack chases him?

2. Why does Jack force Danny to look out the window at the topiary?

3. What does Jack do when Wendy goes to see if he is still in the pantry?

4. Who is it that Danny realizes is chasing him?

5. How does Wendy ward off Jack?

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