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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 Danny realize about his father when Jack chases him?

2. What is the terrible dream Danny awakens from?

3. What does Hallorann tell Danny to do if he ever needs him?

4. Halloran points toward the playground and what does Danny see?

5. What is Jack's reaction when Wendy tells him for a second time that they have to get off the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Jack feels Wendy is nagging him when she continues to ask about finding the snowmobile to get away from the Overlook? As Jack dwells on what she has said, what solution does he come up with?

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

6. What does Jack continue to scream while he is locked in the pantry?

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

8. What do Hallorann, Wendy, and Danny see as they are riding in the snowmobile on the way to Sidewinder?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze the image of the wasp's nest which Jack finds on the roof of the Overlook and how it comes to life in Danny's bedroom to the mention of a wasp's nest by Hallorann at the end of the story.

2) What does the wasp's nest symbolize?

3) What images does Hallorann use to describe the angry wasps in the Overlook's smoking window?

4) How do these images compare to the images of the wasps in Danny's room?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) What kind of an emotional impact does "the shining" have on Danny and his parents?

2) How does Danny's attitude toward his power differ from the beginning of the story to the end?

3) How does sharing the power with Mr. Hallorann change Danny's view of it?

4) How does Danny use his powers to resolve the conflict in the story?

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