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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 does Jack find when he first pulls back the shower curtain in Room 217?

2. Why is Jack mocking George?

3. What does Jack dream his father tells him through the radio?

4. Where do Wendy and Jack find Danny?

5. What does Tony do as he stands at the bus stop down the block?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What event causes Al Shockley and Jack to swear off drinking?

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

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

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

6. What incident occurs that causes Jack to dislike the Overlook Hotel?

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

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

9. Describe the Overlook's cook, Halloran.

10. Describe what Halloran says is the "shinin' on," after Danny confides in him about the nightmares he has concerning the Overlook.

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

1) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to each of the characters in the novel.

2) Explain the metamorphosis each of them experiences in the final chapter.

3) Describe how the image of Danny's fishing gives hope to both the reader and the surviving characters.

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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