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

2. Fill in the blank: As she is peeling the wallpaper off, she thinks that the pattern of heads and bulbous eyes are “shrieking with _________”?
(a) Derision
(b) Hysterics
(c) Anguish
(d) Laughter

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

4. How long is John gone for toward the end of the story?
(a) One hour
(b) One week
(c) One night
(d) One month

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe the “report” that was given?

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

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

5. When does the narrator say the wallpaper becomes clearer?

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