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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. How much liquor remains in the Colorado Lounge?
(a) Only 3 bottles
(b) None
(c) Enough to last at least half the winter months
(d) Enough to last until next summer

2. Why is Danny sitting on the curb sulking?
(a) He awaits his father to fix his glider
(b) Tom, the drunk man on the third floor scares him
(c) His dog is missing for over 1 hour
(d) His mother has just screamed and scolded him

3. What thought arises when Jack ends the telephone call to Ullman?
(a) Al Shockley is not a reliable friend
(b) He needs to find Wendy and Danny and return to Overlook
(c) The winter will not be so bad
(d) You lost your temper again, Jack

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

5. Why did Danny lock the bathroom door?
(a) He hears voices coming that way
(b) To keep Wendy out
(c) Tony tells him to
(d) He is afraid of the wasps

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack see in the bathroom of Room 217 the second time he looks?

2. What does Jack find when he first pulls back the shower curtain in Room 217?

3. What does Danny see in the bathroom?

4. What 3 words does Danny say as Jack is shaking him?

5. What random thought comes to Jack when reading about the costume ball?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jack call Mr. Ullman?

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

3. What incident occurs at the school Jack formerly taught that gives the reader an idea of Jack's temper?

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

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

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

7. Why does Wendy decide to make Danny an appointment for a physical in Sidewinder?

8. Describe what Halloran says is the "shinin' on," after Danny confides in him about the nightmares he has concerning the Overlook.

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

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

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