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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 the moonlight illuminate on the wallpaper?
(a) Knives
(b) Honeycombs
(c) Roast beef
(d) Bars

2. Who does the narrator want to help the woman in the wallpaper?
(a) Mary
(b) John
(c) Herself
(d) Jennie

3. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?
(a) She is sleeping
(b) She is eating
(c) She is scared
(d) She is distracted by the wallpaper

4. What does the narrator believe cultivates deceit?
(a) Writing in her journal
(b) Lying awake during the sanctioned naptimes
(c) Watching the wallpaper
(d) Eating sweets when no one is looking

5. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?
(a) Her husband is coming
(b) She is out of paper
(c) She has nothing else to say
(d) She falls asleep

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator gets up in the middle of the night to do what?

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

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

4. Fill in the blank: The narrator is so angry at the climax of the story that she wants to ___________.

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

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