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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) Jennie
(d) The woman in the wallpaper

2. John advices the narrator to not allow the what to run away with her?
(a) Her hunger
(b) Gardener
(c) Her fancies
(d) Her motherly love

3. What does the narrator “securely fasten” herself with?
(a) The drapery
(b) A rope
(c) Restrictive clothing
(d) The bed sheets

4. What does John cry for to break down the door?
(a) A fire poker
(b) A butcher knife
(c) A sledgehammer
(d) An axe

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won’t John let the narrator go on her desired visit?

2. What does the moonlight illuminate on the wallpaper?

3. Who is the housekeeper?

4. What does John make the narrator drink as a cure?

5. Why can’t the figure in the pattern escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does the narrator say “exhausts” her?

4. What description is horrifying about the wallpaper?

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

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

7. How does the narrator say John feels about intangible things?

8. What does John do when he sees the narrator creeping around the room?

9. Where does the narrator think she sees the woman in the wallpaper?

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

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