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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John promise the narrator?
(a) A new home
(b) New books
(c) A little trip
(d) Another baby

2. Who does the narrator plan on helping while John is away?
(a) Jennie
(b) Her infant
(c) The woman in the wallpaper
(d) John

3. Which room does the narrator’s husband choose for her room?
(a) A screened-in porch
(b) The nursery
(c) A guest apartment suite
(d) The parlor

4. Where does the narrator plan to go at nightfall, describing that it will be difficult to do?
(a) The nursery
(b) The garden
(c) Home to her apartment in the country
(d) Into the wallpaper

5. What is the narrator’s husband’s name?
(a) John
(b) Thomas
(c) Max
(d) William

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think is happening to the wallpaper pattern at night?

2. Who does the narrator say is her one comfort?

3. Whom does the narrator want to visit?

4. When the narrator makes the plan to get off the wallpaper before John notices, how long do they have left at the house?

5. What does the moonlight illuminate on the wallpaper?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what point does this short story hit its climax?

2. What major life event has the narrator just endured?

3. What are some indications that the narrator is, in fact, not getting better?

4. Who does the narrator want to help save the woman in the wallpaper?

5. What does the fact that the narrator says John “pretended to be living and kind” suggest about the narrator’s condition?

6. Why doesn’t the narrator want to go outside near the climax of the story?

7. What is suggested by the narrator’s concern for her reputation?

8. The narrator says that she watches the paper always. What does this increasing obsession suggest about the narrator?

9. How does the narrator feel about her husband and brother’s prescriptions?

10. Why does the narrator consider jumping out the window?

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