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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jennie not realize that the narrator has?
(a) A rope
(b) A chain
(c) Food
(d) A knife

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

3. What color stains does Jennie find on their clothing?
(a) Black
(b) Green
(c) Yellow
(d) Red

4. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?
(a) A sour smell
(b) A yellow smell
(c) A black smell
(d) A sweet smell

5. Who does the narrator plan on helping while John is away?
(a) Her infant
(b) Jennie
(c) John
(d) The woman in the wallpaper

Short Answer Questions

1. John thinks the narrator is getting _________ when he talks to her in the night.

2. Who does John ask to give a report about the narrator’s wellbeing?

3. What does the narrator throw down into the garden path?

4. In the last paragraph, what does the narrator do?

5. What does the narrator try - but fails – to move?

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