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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) An axe
(b) A sledgehammer
(c) A fire poker
(d) A butcher knife

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

3. Who is the housekeeper?
(a) Mary, the nursemaid
(b) Jennie, John’s sister
(c) Weir Mitchell
(d) John

4. Who comes to the door when the narrator is creeping along the wall?
(a) John
(b) Weir Mitchell
(c) Jennie
(d) Mary

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose perspective is the story being told from?

2. What does the narrator initially want to do with a rope?

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

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

5. At the climax of the story, who does the narrator think that she has become?

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