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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a(n) _________.
(a) An alibi
(b) An odor
(c) A feeling
(d) A stain

4. What year was this story published?
(a) 2001
(b) 1888
(c) 1892
(d) 1980

5. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?
(a) She is distracted by the wallpaper
(b) She is eating
(c) She is sleeping
(d) She is scared

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think that the figure in the wallpaper is trying to do?

2. What type of figure does the narrator believe she sees in the pattern?

3. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?

4. What does the narrator think about doing to the house “to reach the smell”?

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

(see the answer key)

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