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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 is it that Jack and Al have in common?

2. What random thought comes to Jack when reading about the costume ball?

3. Where does Wendy find Jack after she hears him screaming?

4. Why is Mrs. Brent causing a fuss?

5. Why is Jack mocking George?

Short Essay Questions

1. What view do the Torrance's see as they look out the window in the Overlook Hotel?

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

3. Describe the woman Danny sees when he enters the bathroom of Room 217.

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

5. Describe the Overlook's cook, Halloran.

6. Why does Wendy change her mind about divorcing Jack?

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

8. What does Danny see on the wallpaper as Ullman gives the Torrance's a tour of the Overlook?

9. What memory does Jack have that causes him feel worthless and shameful, making him want to drink?

10. Why does Mr. Ullman hire Jack to be the winter caretaker at the Overlook hotel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Before moving to the Overlook with Danny and Jack, Wendy has a flashback about her life with Jack from the time he saves her from her mother, to the downward spiral of when he breaks Danny's arm.

1) What does this flashback reveal about her future relationship with Jack?

2) What does the flashback reveal about Jack's future actions?

3) How does Wendy's flashback prepare the reader for what is to come in the story?

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze the relationship between Danny and Dick Hallorann.

2) What does Hallorann tell Danny to do if he gets into any trouble?

3) How does this affect the outcome of the novel?

4) How does their "shining" affect their relationship?

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