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

2. The narrator describes the wallpaper having a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and _____________
(a) it scares me
(b) an eyeless face sneers at you
(c) a scabrous mouth opens again and again, as if screaming
(d) two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down

3. Why won’t John let the narrator go on her desired visit?
(a) He believes that she hasn’t the strength
(b) He believes it isn’t necessary
(c) He doesn’t think it will be good if she leaves the baby
(d) It is too costly to travel

4. Where does the narrator spend most of her time in the country house?
(a) The back porch
(b) Walking along the garden pathways
(c) The baby’s room
(d) The nursery

5. Who does the narrator say is her one comfort?
(a) The baby
(b) John
(c) Mother
(d) Jennie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator initially want to do with a rope?

2. What is nailed down in the narrator’s room?

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

4. Why can’t the figure in the pattern escape?

5. What does the narrator think John is looking at when he is in the room?

(see the answer key)

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