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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. As he ascends the basement stairs, what words of Watson does he recall?
(a) This is one of the world's greatest hotels
(b) The guest lists hide many secrets
(c) Every big hotel has got a ghost
(d) Do not poke around in the basement

2. As Jack is ready to leave Room 217, what happens?
(a) The door locks before he can get out
(b) He sees blood on the floor
(c) He sees a hedge lion in the doorway
(d) He smells lavender soap and hears a metallic sound from the bathroom

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

4. Why is Watson lingering in the lobby after staff has departed?
(a) To collect his pay from Ullman
(b) To give Ullman his keys
(c) To remind Jack to closely monitor the furnace and boiler
(d) He has misplaced his luggage

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Jack and Wendy while the dead woman is strangling Danny?

2. What is the "bad thing" the maid is showing Hallorann?

3. What does Wendy think as she, Danny, and Jack watch the snow fall?

4. What thought arises when Jack ends the telephone call to Ullman?

5. How does Jack respond to Wendy's suggestion Danny get a check-up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the contents of the scrapbook Jack discovers in the basement of the Overlook?

2. Why does Jack call Mr. Ullman?

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

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

5. What does Danny see on the wallpaper as Ullman gives the Torrance's a tour of the Overlook?

6. What does Danny imagine is outside his window after Tony warns him not to go to the hotel?

7. What does Danny's mother tell him about Tony?

8. What does Wendy assume happened to Danny when she sees the red welts around his neck and how does she react?

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

10. What incident occurs that causes Jack to dislike the Overlook Hotel?

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