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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 the purpose of the thermostats at Overlook?
(a) Control the guest rooms within 2 degrees of setting
(b) Are just for show, not connected
(c) Keep the dust to a minimum
(d) Are all set at the same temperature

2. What does Wendy assume happened to Danny's neck?
(a) Danny did it
(b) Jack did it
(c) Danny did it with his jump rope
(d) Danny fell on the stairs

3. What is Jack thinking as he gazes at the wasp nest?
(a) Danny will be in danger while playing on the lawn
(b) One of the smallest he has ever seen
(c) The bug bomb might not be effective
(d) Symbolic of his life's experiences

4. What is the time period when the Overlook is built?
(a) Between 1907 to 1909
(b) After World War II, 1946 to 1948
(c) After the Civil War, 1868 to 1870
(d) During the Great Depression

5. How does Jack's father kill his mother?
(a) He suffocates her
(b) He poisons her
(c) He hits her full force in the face and the back of the head, and cracking open her skull
(d) He pushes her down the stairs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is sitting at the lobby fireplace on the Overlook's closing day?

3. What gruesome literary work comes to mind as Danny stands at room 217?

4. Why is Jack ranting before Danny provides the answer?

5. Why is Watson lingering in the lobby after staff has departed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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