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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jennie says what stains all of their clothing?
(a) The wallpaper
(b) Wine
(c) Flower pollen
(d) Infant formula

2. Whose perspective is the story being told from?
(a) Jennie’s
(b) John’s
(c) The unnamed protagonist’s
(d) Jane’s

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

4. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a(n) _________.
(a) An alibi
(b) An odor
(c) A stain
(d) A feeling

5. Fill in the blank: The narrator is so angry at the climax of the story that she wants to ___________.
(a) Cry
(b) Kill John
(c) Jump out the window
(d) Sleep

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator throw down into the garden path?

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

3. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?

4. At the climax of the story, who does the narrator think that she has become?

5. How much time passes before the narration continues after it suddenly stopped in the first section?

(see the answer key)

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