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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 does the message from Danny come to Jack Hallorann?
(a) Like static on the radio
(b) All at once, like a blast that drove everything else away
(c) Barely audible and weak
(d) Like a whisper in his ear

2. What does Jack have to promise Grady to get him to open the pantry door?
(a) He will kill Wendy and Danny
(b) He will kill himself
(c) He will leave the Overlook
(d) He will kill Wendy and bring Danny to the manager

3. Why does Jack slap Danny?
(a) Danny tells Jack that he knows Jack saw the hedge animals move
(b) Danny cries for his blanket
(c) Danny is disrespectful to Wendy
(d) Danny refuses to answer Jack's questions

4. What does Jack think the hotel will do after he releases the pressure in the boiler?
(a) Tell him he has to be more careful
(b) Kill him
(c) Thank him for saving the hotel
(d) Punish him for almost blowing up the hotel

5. What does Jack decide to do if Wendy asks him why Danny said that he knew about the hedge animals?
(a) He will deny it
(b) He will not answer her
(c) He will tell Wendy everything he knows about the strange events in the Overlook
(d) He will say that Danny is schizophrenic

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grady tell Jack he has to do?

2. Halloran points toward the playground and what does Danny see?

3. What is Jack's reaction when Wendy tells him for a second time that they have to get off the mountain?

4. What does Jack see while he is locked in the pantry?

5. How far does Hallorann have to detour because of the storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events take place after Wendy finds Jack drunk on the floor?

2. Why is Hallorann so frustrated when he gets off the plane in Denver?

3. Does Wendy escape from Jack after she stabs him?

4. Jack goes to the equipment shed and finds the snowmobile. What does he decide to do after he finds all the parts he needs to get the Skidoo running?

5. What does the conversation between Grady and Jack consist of while they are in the Colorado Lounge?

6. What does Jack do as he tries to kill Danny, and Danny tells him he is not his Daddy?

7. What does Danny think about as he and Wendy wait in the bedroom with a kitchen knife in Wendy's hand?

8. What advice does Hallorann give to Danny while they are living in Maine?

9. How does Hallorann escape from the hedge lion's attack?

10. What does Jack continue to scream while he is locked in the pantry?

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