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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 it that Danny says to get Jack to leave him alone?

2. What does Jack do after Wendy stabs him?

3. What happens when Danny tries to call Hallorann for help?

4. How does Jack think Danny bruised his neck?

5. Where is Jack standing when he sees the hotel coming to life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Tony tell Danny while they are in the world away from the Overlook?

3. What plans do Wendy have for the future?

4. What events take place after Wendy finds Jack drunk on the floor?

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

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

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

8. What do Jack, Wendy, and Danny hear when Danny awakens them in the night?

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

10. What deal does Jack make with Grady if he lets him out of the pantry?

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) 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

Before moving to the Overlook with Danny and Jack, Wendy has a flashback about her life with Jack from the time he saves her from her mother, to the downward spiral of when he breaks Danny's arm.

1) What does this flashback reveal about her future relationship with Jack?

2) What does the flashback reveal about Jack's future actions?

3) How does Wendy's flashback prepare the reader for what is to come in the story?

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