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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 the time period when the Overlook is built?

2. What does Jack think about when he takes a break from trimming the topiary animals and goes to the playground?

3. How does Danny feel while he sits with his parents in the Overlook lobby?

4. Why is Mrs. Brent causing a fuss?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Jack call Mr. Ullman?

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

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

10. Why does Danny grab the guardrail and become faint when the family is looking at the Overlook Hotel for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Overlook is the main source of terror throughout the novel. It is mentioned in all parts of the story.

1) Explain the different images King gives of the Overlook as the book progresses.

2) What is the significance of the Overlook in each part of the novel?

3) What three different meanings does the Overlook have for each of the characters: Wendy, Danny, and Jack?

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) How does Stephen King use images of darkness, grotesque bodies, and the Danny's visions to convey the tone of the novel?

2) How does the weather add to this tone?

3) Justify the answers with examples from the novel.

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