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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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. Who or what does think is shaking the wallpaper?
(a) The yellow color
(b) The pattern
(c) The bars
(d) The woman

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator say the wallpaper becomes clearer?

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

3. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?

4. Who does the narrator think she sees creeping outside her windows?

5. Where does the narrator plan to go at nightfall, describing that it will be difficult to do?

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