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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator stop mentioning to John and Jennie?
(a) The baby
(b) The wallpaper
(c) The sickness
(d) The nursery

3. Why does the unnamed protagonist believe that she and her husband were able to rent the mansion for the summer?
(a) They were evicted from their city home
(b) Because her husband needs to visit for work
(c) Because it is haunted
(d) They received an inheritance

4. What does the narrator “securely fasten” herself with?
(a) Restrictive clothing
(b) The drapery
(c) The bed sheets
(d) A rope

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say she watches always?

2. Fill in the blank: The narrator is so angry at the climax of the story that she wants to ___________.

3. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?

4. What does John cry for to break down the door?

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

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