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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. At the climax of the story, who does the narrator think that she has become?
(a) Mary
(b) John
(c) The woman in the wallpaper
(d) Jennie

2. Who or what does think is shaking the wallpaper?
(a) The yellow color
(b) The bars
(c) The pattern
(d) The woman

3. What does the narrator say it looks like the bed has been through?
(a) Neglectful housekeeping
(b) Centuries
(c) Wars
(d) Many fitful children

4. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?
(a) A sweet smell
(b) A sour smell
(c) A yellow smell
(d) A black smell

5. How much time passes before the narration continues after it suddenly stopped in the first section?
(a) Two months
(b) Two weeks
(c) Three days
(d) One Month

Short Answer Questions

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

2. John threatens to send the narrator to whom?

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

4. When does the narrator say the wallpaper becomes clearer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator think her husband was able to rent the summer house at such short notice?

2. What does what John calls the narrator in the middle of the nightsuggest about their relationship?

3. Who does John tell the narrator is the only person who can truly help her out of her sickness?

4. What doesn’t the narrator mind about the nursery at first?

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

6. Why does the narrator feel bad for the woman in the wallpaper?

7. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper in the middle of the story?

8. Why doesn’t the narrator cry in front of Jennie or John?

9. Why does the narrator abruptly end her narration in the first few pages?

10. Why doesn’t the narrator want others to touch the wallpaper?

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