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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 Danny tell Wendy when she asks him if he talked to Tony?
(a) He tells her that Tony doesn't want to help
(b) He says that the things in the hotel won't let Tony come anymore
(c) He tells her that he doesn't want to talk to Tony
(d) He tells her that Tony isn't real

2. How does Wendy get away from Jack?
(a) She scrambles into the bedroom and locks herself in the bathroom
(b) She knocks him unconscious
(c) She pushes him down the stairs
(d) She locks him in the bedroom

3. What does Grady tell Jack he has to do?
(a) Destroy the scrapbook
(b) Write a history of the Overlook
(c) Discipline Wendy and Danny
(d) Find Ullman

4. What does Jack yank out of the snowmobile and throw in the snow?
(a) The gearshift
(b) The brake cables
(c) The gas tank
(d) The magneto

5. What does Jack do when Wendy goes to see if he is still in the pantry?
(a) He cries, saying he is sorry
(b) He curses and screams, vowing revenge
(c) He pleads with her to let him out
(d) He attacks Wendy with the mallet, hitting her in the stomach, breaking two ribs

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hallorann, Wendy, and Danny see as they are riding in the snowmobile on the way to Sidewinder?

2. What sound awakens the Torrances?

3. What does Jack tell Danny when he catches him?

4. What does Hallorann see as he turns into the Overlook drive?

5. What does Jack do to Wendy when he finds her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Jack suddenly realize while he is in the basement looking over old rock and roll albums?

8. Jack leaves Room 217 and goes back to the kitchen where Wendy and Danny are waiting. What does he tell them he found in Room 217?

9. 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?

10. As Hallorann drives his car up the road to the Overlook, what message does he receive?

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