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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 make the narrator drink as a cure?
(a) Cod liver oil
(b) Water
(c) Green tea
(d) Milk

2. How long is John gone for toward the end of the story?
(a) One hour
(b) One night
(c) One week
(d) One month

3. Fill in the blank: It goes behind every piece of furniture, except the bed, a long, straight, even ________, as if it had been rubbed over and over.
(a) Smooch
(b) Line
(c) Vine
(d) Stripe

4. In what genre would this story be categorized?
(a) A novella
(b) A personal essay
(c) A novel
(d) An article

5. What is torn off in patches in the country house?
(a) The wooden floor
(b) The wallpaper
(c) The garden-shed roof
(d) The curtains

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does think is shaking the wallpaper?

2. Why can’t the figure in the pattern escape?

3. In her fury, what does the narrator bite?

4. What does John force the narrator to do after every meal?

5. Where does John go toward the end of the story?

(see the answer key)

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