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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What indicates to Wendy that all is not right with Danny?

2. What is the time period when the Overlook is built?

3. How much liquor remains in the Colorado Lounge?

4. What is Halloran's assurance to Danny?

5. What happens as Danny stands at the bedroom window at 2 AM?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Jack call Mr. Ullman?

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

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

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

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

8. What scares Jack as he turns to look at the topiary from the playground?

9. What does Danny tell Jack and Wendy once he has gained control of himself?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare Jack Torrance's thoughts and ideas as he gives up drinking in the first section of the novel, to his thoughts when he goes to the Colorado Lounge to talk to Lloyd and Mr. Grady.

2) How does he feel about his family in each of the two parts of the novel?

3) How do her views toward punishment and abuse change from before he lives at the Overlook to after?

Essay Topic 2

1) Evaluate the relationship between Danny and his mother, Wendy.

2) How does Jack affect their relationship with one another?

3) What is it that causes Wendy to worry so much about Danny?

4) Give examples from the story of how they interact with one another.

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze the image of the wasp's nest which Jack finds on the roof of the Overlook and how it comes to life in Danny's bedroom to the mention of a wasp's nest by Hallorann at the end of the story.

2) What does the wasp's nest symbolize?

3) What images does Hallorann use to describe the angry wasps in the Overlook's smoking window?

4) How do these images compare to the images of the wasps in Danny's room?

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