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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. Who does the narrator become afraid of?
(a) Mother
(b) The baby
(c) John
(d) Jennie

2. What is the profession of the narrator’s husband?
(a) Writer
(b) Physician
(c) Politician
(d) Lawyer

3. Jennie says what stains all of their clothing?
(a) Wine
(b) Flower pollen
(c) Infant formula
(d) The wallpaper

4. When does the narrator say the wallpaper becomes clearer?
(a) In the afternoon
(b) In the evening
(c) In the moonlight
(d) In the morning

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator stop mentioning to John and Jennie?

2. What does the narrator think that the figure in the wallpaper is trying to do?

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

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

5. How long is John gone for toward the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the woman in the wallpaper do to shake the pattern?

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

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

6. How is the narrator’s behavior changing because of her obsession?

7. Why does John threaten to send the narrator to Weir Mitchell?

8. Why have the narrator and her husband rented the summer house?

9. How does the narrator initially describe the wallpaper?

10. The narrator considers burning the house down to “reach the smell.” What does this say about her condition?

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