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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 does Wendy find when she goes to make lunch?
(a) The front door is open
(b) A hedge lion in the lobby
(c) Ullman, on the front steps
(d) Jack, on the floor beside the bar

2. Wendy is severely injured. How does she get out of the Overlook?
(a) She lets herself drop out the window
(b) Danny drags her out of the hotel
(c) She manages to crawl out the door
(d) Hallorann carries both Wendy and Danny out of the hotel

3. What do Wendy, Danny, and Hallorann do in the final paragraph of the story?
(a) They sit together fishing on a dock in the afternoon sun
(b) They talk about all the horrors of the Overlook hotel
(c) They complain that their lives will always be full of tragedy
(d) They argue about where Wendy and Danny should live

4. What does Wendy vow to do if Danny is in danger?
(a) Get the snowmobile started and escape
(b) Go to her mothers
(c) Take him into the mountains if she has to
(d) Hide in the basement with him

5. Why can't the rangers check on the Overlook?
(a) The storm is too severe
(b) There is not a good reason
(c) They can't leave the station
(d) They are all on a rescue mission

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Wendy offers to help Jack upstairs?

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

3. What does Jack decide to do if Wendy asks him why Danny said that he knew about the hedge animals?

4. What is it that Danny says to get Jack to leave him alone?

5. Why does Danny use his "shining" to call Hallorann?

Short Essay Questions

1. Jack feels Wendy is nagging him when she continues to ask about finding the snowmobile to get away from the Overlook? As Jack dwells on what she has said, what solution does he come up with?

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

3. What does Hallorann encounter while he is going to the Overlook on the snowmobile?

4. Danny realizes he needs help after Tony explains that he can't come anymore because the spirits in the Overlook won't let him. What does Danny do once he discovers that REDRUM spells MURDER?

5. What reply does Dick Hallorann get from the ranger station when he calls them, asking that they go check on the Torrances?

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

7. What plans do Wendy have for the future?

8. What does Jack hope Wendy asks him after he slaps Danny and they get him settled down to sleep?

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

10. What does Jack see and hear when he goes to the Colorado Lounge?

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