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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John force the narrator to do after every meal?
(a) Take a nap
(b) Drink coffee
(c) Bathe
(d) Walk through the garden

2. What does John promise the narrator?
(a) Another baby
(b) A little trip
(c) A new home
(d) New books

3. What does the narrator increasingly like about her bedroom?
(a) The desk at which she writes
(b) The bed
(c) The view of the gardens
(d) The wallpaper

4. The narrator gets up in the middle of the night to do what?
(a) Feed her baby
(b) Get a drink of water
(c) Run away
(d) Feel if the wallpaper is moving

5. What does the narrator initially want to do with a rope?
(a) Use it to escape out the window
(b) Use it to move the bed from the wall
(c) Use it to tie up the woman if she tries to escape
(d) Use it to hang the woman

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?

3. Whose perspective is the story being told from?

4. Where does the narrator plan to go at nightfall, describing that it will be difficult to do?

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

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