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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 do when he gets out of the pantry?

2. Where does Danny find Wendy and Hallorann?

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

4. How does Hallorann escape from the hedge lion's attack?

5. What sound awakens the Torrances?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Danny think about as he and Wendy wait in the bedroom with a kitchen knife in Wendy's hand?

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

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

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) 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 3

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?

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