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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 the Overlook tell Hallorann to do when he is in the shed?

2. What does Jack yank out of the snowmobile and throw in the snow?

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

4. What does Wendy remember that gets her excited?

5. What does Danny discover when he tries to escape from Jack through the trapdoor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dick Hallorann's reaction when he hears Danny's pleas for help in his head?

2. What is Danny dreaming when he awakens from a nightmare in the bedroom?

3. What happens when the monster invading Jack's body goes into the boiler roo

4. As Hallorann drives his car up the road to the Overlook, what message does he receive?

5. How does Hallorann escape from the hedge lion's attack?

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

7. Does Wendy escape from Jack after she stabs him?

8. What does Hallorann encounter while he is going to the Overlook on the snowmobile?

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

10. What advice does Hallorann give to Danny while they are living in Maine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

1) Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel.

2) Choose three events from the story which cause Jack Torrance's life to undergo a change.

3) How does he react to the events and their effects?

4) How does he change emotionally in his own life and in his attitude toward Wendy and Danny?

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