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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the climax of the story, who does the narrator think that she has become?
(a) John
(b) The woman in the wallpaper
(c) Jennie
(d) Mary

2. In what genre would this story be categorized?
(a) A novel
(b) A personal essay
(c) A novella
(d) An article

3. In the last paragraph, what does the narrator do?
(a) Cry
(b) Call for help
(c) Walk over John who is in her path
(d) Leave the room and walk out into the dark night

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

5. What does the narrator do while John is gone?
(a) Shreds the sheets
(b) Peels the wallpaper
(c) Runs away
(d) Jumps out the window

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator “securely fasten” herself with?

2. Whose perspective is the story being told from?

3. What does the narrator think John is looking at when he is in the room?

4. The narrator begs John to _______:

5. What does John make the narrator drink as a cure?

(see the answer key)

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