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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 Jack trying to repair to take his family to town?

2. What does Hallorann see across the lobby at the bottom of the stairs?

3. What does Jack have to promise Grady to get him to open the pantry door?

4. What happens to Lloyd when Jack asks what the manager wants with his son?

5. When Danny goes into the bathroom, what does he see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the conversation between Grady and Jack consist of while they are in the Colorado Lounge?

2. What does Jack hope Wendy asks him after he slaps Danny and they get him settled down to sleep?

3. What goes through Hallorann's mind when he goes into the equipment shed to get blankets for Wendy and Danny?

4. Jack leaves Room 217 and goes back to the kitchen where Wendy and Danny are waiting. What does he tell them he found in Room 217?

5. What reply does Dick Hallorann get from the ranger station when he calls them, asking that they go check on the Torrances?

6. What does Jack see and hear when he goes to the Colorado Lounge?

7. What does Jack suddenly realize while he is in the basement looking over old rock and roll albums?

8. What does Danny think about as he and Wendy wait in the bedroom with a kitchen knife in Wendy's hand?

9. Why is Hallorann so frustrated when he gets off the plane in Denver?

10. What plans do Wendy have for the future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Interpret the feelings Wendy and Jack have for each other in the first part of the novel when Wendy describes how she met Jack.

2) Are their emotions authentic? Explain.

3) Are they truthful with each other? Give examples.

4) Compare these emotions with how they interact later in the novel, after they move to the Overlook.

5) What regrets do they have at the end of the novel with regard to their relationship?

6) How does their relationship differ from the first part of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

1) Analyze the changes in Danny throughout the novel.

2) What fears and emotions does he experience as he the story progresses?

3) How do his attitudes change as his character develops?

4) Cite examples of the character changes Danny goes through as he lives through each terrifying scene.

Essay Topic 3

1) What is the message King is trying to convey about alcohol and abuse in the novel?

2) Does he depict a realistic and relevant view of human nature through the members of the Torrance family?

3) Are the human qualities of each character true to life? Explain.

4) How do the characters convey the everyday struggles of life?

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