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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Yellow Wallpaper?
(a) Charlotte Perkins Gilman
(b) Jane Austen
(c) Emily Bronte
(d) Barbara Kingsolver

2. When does the narrator think the woman in the wallpaper gets out?
(a) When she is tired
(b) During the daytime
(c) When she is hungry
(d) During the nighttime

3. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a ________.
(a) Beautiful pattern
(b) Sub-design
(c) Secret message
(d) Present for her

4. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?
(a) She is eating
(b) She is sleeping
(c) She is scared
(d) She is distracted by the wallpaper

5. Whose perspective is the story being told from?
(a) The unnamed protagonist’s
(b) Jane’s
(c) Jennie’s
(d) John’s

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think that the figure in the wallpaper is trying to do?

2. The narrator begs John to _______:

3. Why can’t the door to the nursery be opened?

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

5. The story covers the span of what season?

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