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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 is student George Hatfield doing when Jack attacks him?
(a) Cheating during the debate team activity
(b) Puncturing Jack's VW tires
(c) Fondling Wendy
(d) Hurting Danny's arm

2. What random thought comes to Jack when reading about the costume ball?
(a) Al Shockley is a true friend
(b) Wendy's mother should wear a mask
(c) He wants to return to Stovington
(d) The red death held sway over all

3. Watson explains every hotel has its scandals. What is Overlook's?
(a) Illegal workers often hide here for weeks
(b) The rich woman overdoses when the 17 year old
(c) Criminals often operate here for months because of the seclusion
(d) Non-payment of taxes for years

4. What does Tony do as he stands at the bus stop down the block?
(a) He tells Danny not to go
(b) Signals Danny to join him
(c) Insanely laughs in to the darkness
(d) Grins and slowly walks toward Danny

5. Who forces reconciliation between Wendy and her mother?
(a) Al Shockley
(b) Danny
(c) Her therapist
(d) Jack

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack thinking as he gazes at the wasp nest?

2. How does Danny feel while he sits with his parents in the Overlook lobby?

3. How does Ullman describe the Florida place?

4. What does Wendy sense from the moment Danny is born?

5. How did Jack's father treat him when he was drunk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Danny tell Jack and Wendy once he has gained control of himself?

3. What does Jack discover when he goes to investigate Room 217?

4. What happens to terrify Danny as he contemplates opening the door to Room 217?

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

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

7. Why does Jack call Mr. Ullman?

8. Why does Wendy change her mind about divorcing Jack?

9. Why does Jack compare his life to "The Great Wasp Nest of Life"?

10. What are the changes Wendy notices in Jack that cause her to worry so much about him?

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