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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What holiday passes while the family is staying at the country house?
(a) Fourth of July
(b) Easter
(c) New Year’s Eve
(d) Thanksgiving

3. John’s reason for not taking the narrator away from the summerhouse and frightful bedroom is?
(a) He believes that if she stays she’ll get better
(b) The baby is ill and cannot travel
(c) He wants to live there permanently
(d) Their lease is up in three weeks

4. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?
(a) A black smell
(b) A yellow smell
(c) A sweet smell
(d) A sour smell

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

Short Answer Questions

1. John advices the narrator to not allow the what to run away with her?

2. Who faints at the end of the story?

3. What does the housekeeper think has made the narrator sick?

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

5. Fill in the blanks respectively: I _________ at nothing, and ________most of the time.

(see the answer key)

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