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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 stop looking out the windows?
(a) She doesn’t want John to see her
(b) It is making her feel dizzy
(c) She’s afraid she’ll jump out
(d) She sees lots of creeping women

2. What does the narrator say it looks like the bed has been through?
(a) Wars
(b) Centuries
(c) Many fitful children
(d) Neglectful housekeeping

3. Fill in the blanks respectively: I _________ at nothing, and ________most of the time.
(a) Cry, cry
(b) Laugh, laugh
(c) Laugh, cry
(d) Cry, laugh

4. What does the narrator think that the figure in the wallpaper is trying to do?
(a) Fight the wallpaper pattern
(b) Sleep
(c) Eat dinner
(d) Escape

5. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a ________.
(a) Secret message
(b) Sub-design
(c) Present for her
(d) Beautiful pattern

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator’s husband’s name?

2. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?

3. What does the housekeeper think has made the narrator sick?

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

5. The narrator gets up in the middle of the night to do what?

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