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10 Questions about Stephen King's "The Shining" | Literature

Would you take a job looking after a haunted hotel? I doubt many people would, especially after reading this book.

A multiple-choice quiz by gamerguy78. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gamerguy78

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
351,082

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where does the first chapter take place? Hint

In a graveyard

Jack's home

Ullman's office

The Overlook

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Question 2 of 10

2. What does Jack call martinis? Hint

Marvins

Marines

He just calls them martinis

Martians

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Question 3 of 10

3. What does Dick Hallorann smell before he gets the shining? Hint

Pineapples

Apple pie

Kiwi

Oranges

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Question 4 of 10

4. What chases Danny on his way back to the hotel from the playground? Hint

The kid in the tunnel

Hedge animals

Jack

He imagines animals chasing him

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Question 5 of 10

5. When Jack, Danny, and Wendy go to see what is making the elevator go up and down, which of the following things is NOT in the elevator? Hint

Confetti

Party streamer

Party hats

Cat's-eye mask

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the weapon that Jack uses to try to kill Wendy and Danny? Hint

Knife

Axe

Croquet Mallet

Shotgun

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where is Hallorann when Danny contacts him through the shining? Hint

Georgia

Hawaii

Nebraska

Florida

8. Towards the beginning of the book Danny is told not to enter room 217. About halfway through the book he gets curious and looks; the first time he gets scared and runs away, the second time he goes in the room and sees a naked woman. Where was the naked woman? Hint

Bathtub

On a bed

Bathroom floor

Standing in the middle of the room

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the end they finally do escape the hotel and kill Jack. Jack is killed by something he has forgotten. What does he forget? Hint

The boiler

The radio had been left on and the police showed up after hearing everything

Jack had planted C4 in the hotel

Hallorann was in the hotel

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the last paragraph Danny, Wendy, and Hallorann are all sitting where, in the afternoon sun? Hint

The roof of their house

A dock

The sidewalk

Porchs Swing

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where does the first chapter take place?

Answer: Ullman's office

In this chapter Jack is being interviewed for the job at the hotel. It already revealed that Jack does not like Ullman. Jack never does start liking Ullman, he dislikes him through the entire book.

2. What does Jack call martinis?

Answer: Martians

Jack calls martinis martians. He and Albert Shockley used to go out drinking all the time and they would always drink these. They stopped going out and drinking when they hit a bike and thought they hit a kid. They didn't hit a kid but it scared them enough to make them stop.

3. What does Dick Hallorann smell before he gets the shining?

Answer: Oranges

He tells this to Danny when they talk about the shining. Later in the book, when Danny attempts to call Dick with the shining, it says that he suddenly smells oranges then gets the shining.

4. What chases Danny on his way back to the hotel from the playground?

Answer: Hedge animals

After Danny goes into a tunnel and thinks he sees something he quickly gets out. He begins to run to the hotel but it being snowy, he has issues running quickly. The hedge animals begin to chase but they do not succeed in killing Danny.

5. When Jack, Danny, and Wendy go to see what is making the elevator go up and down, which of the following things is NOT in the elevator?

Answer: Party hats

Wendy throws the confetti and party streamer into the hallway, she then shows Jack the cat's eye mask in the elevator. All of this is made more scary by the fact that they keep hearing party music from downstairs.

6. What is the weapon that Jack uses to try to kill Wendy and Danny?

Answer: Croquet Mallet

He uses the croquet mallet in the book but in the movie he uses an axe. The previous caretaker, Grady, used the shotgun to kill his family then himself. Jack uses the croquet mallet to try and kill his family, he injures Hallorann, and tries to hurt the rest of them but does not end up killing them.

7. Where is Hallorann when Danny contacts him through the shining?

Answer: Florida

He is in Florida when Danny contacts him, and gets to the hotel as fast as he can. If he hadn't come, Jack probably would have killed Danny and Wendy. He did, however, get there and fought with Jack, which led to Jack hitting him in the jaw with the mallet.

Answer: Bathtub

Danny is terrified when he sees the woman. He is so scared that he can barely get out of the room in time. The woman does not kill Danny, but she sure gives him one heck of a scare.

9. In the end they finally do escape the hotel and kill Jack. Jack is killed by something he has forgotten. What does he forget?

Answer: The boiler

Over time Jack had went crazy and forgot about the boiler. Wendy, Danny, and Hallorann all got out of the hotel before it exploded, but Jack did not. If you haven't read the book and have seeen the movie you would think that Jack was killed by being frozen, but that only happened in the movie.

10. In the last paragraph Danny, Wendy, and Hallorann are all sitting where, in the afternoon sun?

Answer: A dock

It says that Hallorann sits on one side of Danny and Wendy on the other. This scene gives the book a happy ending which I think that Wendy, Danny, and Hallorann all deserve for everything they went through.

Source: Author gamerguy78

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