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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 wonder when Wendy tells him they will get out in the spring?

2. How does Hallorann get a snowmobile in the middle of a storm?

3. What does Wendy remember that gets her excited?

4. What happens to Danny when he plays in the concrete ring tunnels?

5. What does Danny realize about his father when Jack chases him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze the relationship between Danny and Dick Hallorann.

2) What does Hallorann tell Danny to do if he gets into any trouble?

3) How does this affect the outcome of the novel?

4) How does their "shining" affect their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The Overlook is the main source of terror throughout the novel. It is mentioned in all parts of the story.

1) Explain the different images King gives of the Overlook as the book progresses.

2) What is the significance of the Overlook in each part of the novel?

3) What three different meanings does the Overlook have for each of the characters: Wendy, Danny, and Jack?

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