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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is angry at her nagging and wants to kill her
(c) He tells her he will try to think of something
(d) He tells her he is sorry, but he doesn't know what to do

2. Why does Danny use his "shining" to call Hallorann?
(a) To tell his to stay away from the hotel
(b) To tell him they might need his help
(c) To help them get out of the Overlook
(d) To let him know that everything is okay

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

4. How does the message from Danny come to Jack Hallorann?
(a) Like static on the radio
(b) Barely audible and weak
(c) All at once, like a blast that drove everything else away
(d) Like a whisper in his ear

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

6. What is it that Danny says to get Jack to leave him alone?
(a) The boiler has not been checked and might explode
(b) Wendy is behind Jack with a knife
(c) Mr. Hallorann is coming up the stairs
(d) The time Jack broke his arm

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

8. What is the premonition Hallorann has after getting the call from Danny?
(a) Death
(b) Destruction
(c) Evil
(d) Goodness

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

10. What happens when Wendy offers to help Jack upstairs?
(a) He thanks her for the help
(b) He grabs Wendy's foot and then tries to strangle her
(c) He is unable to get up
(d) He passes out

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

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

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

14. Why does Danny run toward the porch of the hotel when he is playing in the snow?
(a) He hears something strange in the playground
(b) The hedge animals begin chasing him
(c) He has a terrifying vision
(d) He has a premonition that something is wrong inside

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hallorann see in the window of the Presidential Suite as the Overlook burns?

2. Halloran points toward the playground and what does Danny see?

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

4. Where is Jack hiding as Hallorann comes up the stairs?

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

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