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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is Jack's "Bad Thing"? (Ch. 4)
hurting Wendy
drinking booze
breaking Danny's arm
gambling
- 2. Multiple Choice
Delbert Grady ... (Ch. 1)
Was once caretaker at the Overlook
Murdered his family
Committed suicide
All of these
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who interviews Jack for the caretaker position? (Ch. 1)
Ullman
Watson
Al Shockley
Grady
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why is Ullman anxious about Jack becoming the caretaker? (Ch. 1)
He suspects Jack is an alcoholic
He's afraid Jack will get cabin fever
He heard about Jack being fired from his old job
All of these
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who is Tony? (Ch. 4)
Jack's father
the Torrence's neighbor
Danny's invisible friend
Danny's brother
- 6. Multiple Choice
What word has Danny "seen" but not understood (because he can't read)?
DIVORCE
REDRUM
SUICIDE
All of these
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why was Jack fired from his job at Stovington Prep? (Ch. 2)
Drinking at a teacher's conference
Hitting a student in the parking lot
Slashing the tires of another teacher
Rigging the timer at a debate
- 8. Multiple Choice
In the tour of the Overlook, Watson warns Jack to check ____ every day. (Ch. 3)
the CB Radio
the elevator crank
the boiler
the freezer thermostat
- 9. Multiple Choice
What happened when Danny messed up Jack's papers a few years earlier? (Ch. 3)
Wendy cleaned it up so that Jack would never know
Jack lost his temper and broke Danny's arm
Tony helped Danny put the papers in order
Jack laughed because he had a second set of papers
- 10. Multiple Choice
According to Watson, how many people have died in the Overlook Hotel? (Ch. 3)
"two or three"
"maybe ten"
"only thirty"
"forty to fifty"
- 11. Multiple Choice
How did Danny know that Jack's play was under the stairs? (Ch. 4)
Danny saw it when he was playing
Tony showed Danny where it was
Wendy told Danny when she was cleaning
Jack let Danny help move the box it was in
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does Danny see in Jack's car before realizing it was a bag of groceries? (Ch. 4)
Tony
a red balloon
a bottle of "poison"
a bloody mallet
- 13. Multiple Choice
When did Jack decide to stop drinking? (Ch. 5)
When he lost his temper and broke Danny's arm
When he hit George Hatfield in the school parking lot
When he dropped Danny on the ground as an infant
When he was involved in a hit-and-run car accident with Al Shockley
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why does Wendy not take Danny and go live with her mother? (Ch. 6)
Wendy believes her marriage will ultimately work
Wendy and her mother do not have a good relationship
Both of Wendy's parents are dead
Jack threatened to hurt Wendy if she left him
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was unique about Danny's birth? (Ch. 6)
A caul covered his face
He did not cry
He was born during a full moon
He was very premature
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