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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. Why won’t John let the narrator go on her desired visit?
(a) It is too costly to travel
(b) He doesn’t think it will be good if she leaves the baby
(c) He believes it isn’t necessary
(d) He believes that she hasn’t the strength

2. Who does the narrator think she sees creeping outside her windows?
(a) The woman in the wallpaper
(b) Mary
(c) Jennie
(d) John

3. Why can’t the door to the nursery be opened?
(a) It is locked and there is no key
(b) The narrator has the key and will not unlock it.
(c) It is stuck
(d) The handle is broken

4. What does the narrator say she watches always?
(a) The television
(b) The baby
(c) The wallpaper
(d) The window

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator describes the wallpaper having a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and _____________

3. Who does the narrator become afraid of?

4. In the opening pages, what does the narrator’s husband not believe?

5. Fill in the blank: It goes behind every piece of furniture, except the bed, a long, straight, even ________, as if it had been rubbed over and over.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator feel bad for the woman in the wallpaper?

3. What does the narrator’s husband and brother prescribe to her for her condition?

4. How does the narrator initially explain her condition?

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

6. What major life event has the narrator just endured?

7. What is the “smooch” on the wall?

8. Who is Weir Mitchell?

9. Why is the narrator glad that she is in the nursery and not the baby?

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

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