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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator think the woman in the wallpaper gets out?
(a) During the daytime
(b) During the nighttime
(c) When she is tired
(d) When she is hungry

2. What color stains does Jennie find on their clothing?
(a) Black
(b) Red
(c) Green
(d) Yellow

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

4. Where doesn’t the narrator want to go at the end of the story?
(a) To the nursery
(b) Home
(c) Outside
(d) To the kitchen

5. When the narrator makes the plan to get off the wallpaper before John notices, how long do they have left at the house?
(a) Two weeks
(b) Two days
(c) Two years
(d) Two months

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator describes the wallpaper having a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and _____________

3. Where does the narrator’s husband take her at the beginning of the story?

4. In the opening pages, what does the narrator’s husband not believe?

5. What does John cry for to break down the door?

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