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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does John go toward the end of the story?
(a) To work
(b) To visit family
(c) To town
(d) To the sea

2. Who is the housekeeper?
(a) Jennie, John’s sister
(b) Weir Mitchell
(c) Mary, the nursemaid
(d) John

3. The narrator follows what/whom?
(a) The wallpaper’s pattern around the room
(b) John around the gardens
(c) A horse in the field
(d) Her son around the house

4. When the narrator makes the plan to get off the wallpaper before John notices, how long do they have left at the house?
(a) Two days
(b) Two years
(c) Two months
(d) Two weeks

5. What is the profession of the narrator’s husband?
(a) Physician
(b) Lawyer
(c) Politician
(d) Writer

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John promise the narrator?

2. What year was this story published?

3. What is the illness that the narrator is suffering from?

4. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?

5. What does the narrator do while John is gone?

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