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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 is the premonition Hallorann has after getting the call from Danny?

2. What does Danny wonder when Wendy tells him they will get out in the spring?

3. What does Hallorann see across the lobby at the bottom of the stairs?

4. What is it that Danny says to get Jack to leave him alone?

5. What happens to the boiler as Jack looks over old papers and invoices in the basement?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

1) Analyze Danny's struggles with having to deal with such extreme violence at an early age.

2) Would you say that his powers help him deal with his terror or only add to it? Explain.

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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