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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. How does Ullman describe the Florida place?

2. How does Jack feel about Danny going into Room 217?

3. What does Wendy think as she, Danny, and Jack watch the snow fall?

4. What is Wendy thinking about the 1926 Overlook elevator?

5. What is Wendy resigned to accept?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Danny when he concentrates, thinking very hard?

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

3. What are the changes Wendy notices in Jack that cause her to worry so much about him?

4. Why does Jack call Mr. Ullman?

5. What is Jack's gut reaction once Mr. Ullman leaves the Overlook and the Torrance family is left alone?

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

7. What does Jack discover when he goes to investigate Room 217?

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

9. What is the message Jack receives from his dead father on the two-way radio?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

1) Summarize how Stephen King uses local color and imagery to describe the Overlook hotel.

2) Cite descriptive examples of rooms, décor, landscaping, the view, and the weather.

3) Does the imagery King uses depict a clear and accurate picture of the Overlook and surrounding landscape?

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