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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John advices the narrator to not allow the what to run away with her?
(a) Her fancies
(b) Her hunger
(c) Her motherly love
(d) Gardener

2. What does the narrator think that the figure in the wallpaper is trying to do?
(a) Sleep
(b) Escape
(c) Eat dinner
(d) Fight the wallpaper pattern

3. When does the narrator say the wallpaper becomes clearer?
(a) In the morning
(b) In the moonlight
(c) In the afternoon
(d) In the evening

4. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?
(a) In a nook in the corner
(b) In the hole in the wall
(c) Out the window
(d) In the long smooch along the wall

5. What does John force the narrator to do after every meal?
(a) Walk through the garden
(b) Bathe
(c) Take a nap
(d) Drink coffee

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?

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

3. What is torn off in patches in the country house?

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

5. Where does the narrator spend most of her time in the country house?

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