2. Where does the narrator spend most of her time in the country house?
(a) Walking along the garden pathways
(b) The nursery
(c) The baby’s room
(d) The back porch

3. The protagonist is narrating her what?
(a) Article for a woman’s magazine
(b) Letter to her mother
(c) Letter to her physician
(d) Diary

4. What does the narrator think that the figure in the wallpaper is trying to do?
(a) Sleep
(b) Escape
(c) Eat dinner
(d) Fight the wallpaper pattern

5. What does the narrator do while John is gone?
(a) Jumps out the window
(b) Peels the wallpaper
(c) Shreds the sheets
(d) Runs away

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator think she sees creeping outside her windows?

2. What does John promise the narrator?

3. What does John cry for to break down the door?

4. What type of figure does the narrator believe she sees in the pattern?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John call the narrator in the middle of the night? And why?

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

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

4. Why does the narrator suggest she’s not getting well because ofthe fact that her husband is a physician? What does this say about their relationship?

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

6. How does the narrator think the “smooch” on the wall was created?

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

8. Why does it bother the narrator that she cannot read or write while recuperating?

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

10. What’s illuminating about the conversation between John and the narrator on page 110? What is his tone with her? How does he treat her?

(see the answer keys)

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