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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Yellow Wallpaper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator begs John to _______:
(a) Cuddle with her
(b) Bring the baby to her
(c) Go shopping
(d) Leave

2. Who does the narrator become afraid of?
(a) Jennie
(b) The baby
(c) John
(d) Mother

3. Who does the narrator want to help the woman in the wallpaper?
(a) Mary
(b) Jennie
(c) Herself
(d) John

4. Where does the narrator plan to go at nightfall, describing that it will be difficult to do?
(a) Into the wallpaper
(b) Home to her apartment in the country
(c) The nursery
(d) The garden

5. Fill in the blank: It goes behind every piece of furniture, except the bed, a long, straight, even ________, as if it had been rubbed over and over.
(a) Vine
(b) Smooch
(c) Stripe
(d) Line

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the door when the narrator is creeping along the wall?

2. Which room does the narrator’s husband choose for her room?

3. When the narrator makes the plan to get off the wallpaper before John notices, how long do they have left at the house?

4. The protagonist is narrating her what?

5. What does the narrator think about doing to the house “to reach the smell”?

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