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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 faints at the end of the story?
(a) The narrator
(b) Weir Mitchell
(c) Jennie
(d) John

2. The narrator gets up in the middle of the night to do what?
(a) Feed her baby
(b) Get a drink of water
(c) Feel if the wallpaper is moving
(d) Run away

3. Who does John ask to give a report about the narrator’s wellbeing?
(a) The narrator
(b) Jennie
(c) Weir Mitchell
(d) Mary

4. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?
(a) A yellow smell
(b) A sour smell
(c) A black smell
(d) A sweet smell

5. What does the narrator try - but fails – to move?
(a) The lamp
(b) The desk
(c) The bed
(d) The chair

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose perspective is the story being told from?

2. Jennie says what stains all of their clothing?

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

4. What does the narrator do while John is gone?

5. What figure becomes very clear in moonlight, clearer than before: “plain as can be.”

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At what point does this short story hit its climax?

3. Besides the ugly wallpaper pattern, what does the narrator think she sees in the wallpaper?

4. How does the narrator describe the countryside?

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

6. What is the wallpaper’s odor a metaphor for?

7. The narrator briefly considers jumping out the window. Why does she decide against it?

8. How does the narrator initially describe the wallpaper?

9. Why does the narrator seem jealous when she catches first John, and then Jennie, looking at the wallpaper?

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

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