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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which room does the narrator’s husband choose for her room?
(a) A guest apartment suite
(b) A screened-in porch
(c) The nursery
(d) The parlor

2. Fill in the blank: The narrator is so angry at the climax of the story that she wants to ___________.
(a) Cry
(b) Sleep
(c) Kill John
(d) Jump out the window

3. John thinks the narrator is getting _________ when he talks to her in the night.
(a) He does not express his opinion regarding the state of her health
(b) Worse, he’s sending her away to Weir Mitchell
(c) Better, saying that her appetite has returned and her flesh is gaining color
(d) The same, and she needs additional time to rest

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

5. What holiday passes while the family is staying at the country house?
(a) Thanksgiving
(b) Fourth of July
(c) Easter
(d) New Year’s Eve

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the blank: As she is peeling the wallpaper off, she thinks that the pattern of heads and bulbous eyes are “shrieking with _________”?

2. What does Jennie not realize that the narrator has?

3. What does the narrator stop mentioning to John and Jennie?

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

5. Who does the narrator say is her one comfort?

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