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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 cry for to break down the door?
(a) An axe
(b) A fire poker
(c) A sledgehammer
(d) A butcher knife
2. What does John force the narrator to do after every meal?
(a) Take a nap
(b) Drink coffee
(c) Walk through the garden
(d) Bathe
3. Why does the narrator stop looking out the windows?
(a) It is making her feel dizzy
(b) She doesn’t want John to see her
(c) She’s afraid she’ll jump out
(d) She sees lots of creeping women
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. How does the narrator describe the “report” that was given?
(a) Good
(b) Bad
(c) Crazy
(d) Fair
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does the narrator say is her one comfort?
2. What does the narrator stop mentioning to John and Jennie?
3. How much time passes before the narration continues after it suddenly stopped in the first section?
4. What does the narrator initially want to do with a rope?
5. Who does the narrator think she sees creeping outside her windows?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator’s husband and brother prescribe to her for her condition?
2. The narrator believes the wallpaper has an odor. How does she describe the odor?
3. Besides the ugly wallpaper pattern, what does the narrator think she sees in the wallpaper?
4. What is the “smooch” on the wall?
5. In 1862, what was the standard cure for depression, specifically after a woman has had a baby?
6. How does the narrator think the “smooch” on the wall was created?
7. Why is the narrator glad that she is in the nursery and not the baby?
8. At what point does this short story hit its climax?
9. How does the narrator feel about her husband and brother’s prescriptions?
10. How is the narrator’s behavior changing because of her obsession?
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