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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. How does Wendy get away from Jack?

2. What does Jack do when he gets out of the pantry?

3. What does Jack do to Wendy when he finds her?

4. What does Jack wonder about Danny's blank face and catatonic state after he goes into Room 217?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. Jack goes to the equipment shed and finds the snowmobile. What does he decide to do after he finds all the parts he needs to get the Skidoo running?

6. 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?

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

8. What happens to Danny when he goes out to play in the snow near the topiary?

9. What does Jack do when he finds Wendy in the ballroom?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

1) Compare Jack Torrance's thoughts and ideas as he gives up drinking in the first section of the novel, to his thoughts when he goes to the Colorado Lounge to talk to Lloyd and Mr. Grady.

2) How does he feel about his family in each of the two parts of the novel?

3) How do her views toward punishment and abuse change from before he lives at the Overlook to after?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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