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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 cry for to break down the door?
(a) A sledgehammer
(b) An axe
(c) A butcher knife
(d) A fire poker

2. Why does the unnamed protagonist believe that she and her husband were able to rent the mansion for the summer?
(a) They received an inheritance
(b) They were evicted from their city home
(c) Because her husband needs to visit for work
(d) Because it is haunted

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

4. What color stains does Jennie find on their clothing?
(a) Black
(b) Yellow
(c) Green
(d) Red

5. What is the profession of the narrator’s husband?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Physician
(c) Politician
(d) Writer

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator spend most of her time in the country house?

2. What does the narrator say it looks like the bed has been through?

3. Where doesn’t the narrator want to go at the end of the story?

4. What is nailed down in the narrator’s room?

5. What is torn off in patches in the country house?

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