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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) Another baby
(b) A new home
(c) A little trip
(d) New books
2. John thinks the narrator is getting _________ when he talks to her in the night.
(a) The same, and she needs additional time to rest
(b) Worse, he’s sending her away to Weir Mitchell
(c) Better, saying that her appetite has returned and her flesh is gaining color
(d) He does not express his opinion regarding the state of her health
3. Who comes to the door when the narrator is creeping along the wall?
(a) John
(b) Weir Mitchell
(c) Jennie
(d) Mary
4. What does Jennie not realize that the narrator has?
(a) A rope
(b) A chain
(c) A knife
(d) Food
5. What holiday passes while the family is staying at the country house?
(a) Easter
(b) Thanksgiving
(c) Fourth of July
(d) New Year’s Eve
Short Answer Questions
1. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?
2. Who is the author of The Yellow Wallpaper?
3. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?
4. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?
5. The narrator describes the wallpaper having a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and _____________
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator abruptly end her narration in the first few pages?
2. In 1862, what was the standard cure for depression, specifically after a woman has had a baby?
3. Who does the narrator want to help save the woman in the wallpaper?
4. What does the narrator say “exhausts” her?
5. Why does the narrator think her husband was able to rent the summer house at such short notice?
6. How does the narrator describe the countryside?
7. Why is the narrator glad that she is in the nursery and not the baby?
8. The narrator briefly considers jumping out the window. Why does she decide against it?
9. Why doesn’t the narrator want to go outside near the climax of the story?
10. Besides the ugly wallpaper pattern, what does the narrator think she sees in the wallpaper?
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