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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack say he intentionally did to Danny?
(a) Suggested he was a strange, loser child
(b) Left him alone in the car for long periods
(c) Told him scary stories
(d) Broke his arm

2. What happens as Danny tests his shining on Hallorann?
(a) Nothing
(b) Hallorann passes out
(c) Hallorann winces, jerks backward and bites his lip
(d) Danny passes out

3. What gruesome literary work comes to mind as Danny stands at room 217?
(a) Fitcher's Bird
(b) The Bloody Chamber
(c) Bluebeard
(d) How the Devil Married Three Sisters

4. What is the outcome of Jack's attack on George Hatfield?
(a) George offers the use of his car for the move to the Overlook
(b) Jack remains on the faculty 2 more years, George switches teachers
(c) Jack is fired, George is expelled from school
(d) George buys 4 new tires for the VW

5. When Danny breaks free from Wendy's arms, what does he scream?
(a) Lloyd did it!
(b) It was her!
(c) Daddy did it!
(d) Mr. Grady did it!

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase by Ullman echoed in Jack's mind?

2. What does Wendy tell Danny about his friend, Tony?

3. How much liquor remains in the Colorado Lounge?

4. As Jack is ready to leave Room 217, what happens?

5. What is Wendy resigned to accept?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stephen King compare the Torrance family to as they go into the hotel during the snowstorm?

2. What is the message Jack receives from his dead father on the two-way radio?

3. Why does Mr. Ullman hire Jack to be the winter caretaker at the Overlook hotel?

4. Why does Danny grab the guardrail and become faint when the family is looking at the Overlook Hotel for the first time?

5. When Danny comes out of his comatose state, he screams for his Daddy. What does he say and what assumption does Jack make?

6. Describe the woman Danny sees when he enters the bathroom of Room 217.

7. What is Jack's gut reaction once Mr. Ullman leaves the Overlook and the Torrance family is left alone?

8. What view do the Torrance's see as they look out the window in the Overlook Hotel?

9. Why does Jack call Mr. Ullman?

10. What happens to Danny when he concentrates, thinking very hard?

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