View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John threatens to send the narrator to whom?
(a) Wallis Simpson
(b) William Overtell
(c) Weir Mitchell
(d) Walter West

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

3. The story covers the span of what season?
(a) Winter
(b) Fall
(c) Summer
(d) Spring

4. Who does the narrator plan on helping while John is away?
(a) The woman in the wallpaper
(b) Her infant
(c) John
(d) Jennie

5. Where does John go toward the end of the story?
(a) To work
(b) To visit family
(c) To town
(d) To the sea

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the unnamed protagonist believe that she and her husband were able to rent the mansion for the summer?

3. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?

4. Who or what does think is shaking the wallpaper?

5. The narrator describes the wallpaper having a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and _____________

(see the answer key)

This section contains 245 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample