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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 Jack say is in the elevator?

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

3. What do Wendy, Danny, and Hallorann do in the final paragraph of the story?

4. What reaction does the hedge dog have when the Overlook explodes?

5. Where is Jack hiding as Hallorann comes up the stairs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Jack do as he tries to kill Danny, and Danny tells him he is not his Daddy?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze Jack's final acts in the story.

2) Was his character completely evil in the end?

3) Justify the answer with examples from the story.

4) What alternatives did he have at the climax of the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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