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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 background of some guests of the Overlook that Jack reads in an article he finds in the basement?

2. What does Jack do when he goes to the Colorado Lounge?

3. What is it that scares Danny before his shine ends at the curb?

4. Why is Mrs. Brent causing a fuss?

5. What does Wendy tell Danny about his friend, Tony?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jack call Mr. Ullman?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Danny imagine is outside his window after Tony warns him not to go to the hotel?

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

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) Give three examples from the novel when Jack Torrance uses poor impulse control.

2) Summarize the reactions to these events by his coworkers, his friend Mr. Shockley, and his family.

3) Analyze the consequences of Jack's actions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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