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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John go toward the end of the story?

2. What is torn off in patches in the country house?

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

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

5. John’s reason for not taking the narrator away from the summerhouse and frightful bedroom is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator initially describe the wallpaper?

2. How does the narrator describe the countryside?

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

4. What is the “smooch” on the wall?

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

6. How does the narrator feel about her husband and brother’s prescriptions?

7. Who does the narrator believe she has become by the end of the story?

8. Why is the narrator afraid of being sent to Weir Mitchell?

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

10. How has the major life event that the narrator recently endured affected her mental health?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the story progresses, the narrator acts more and more like a child. What actions support this statement? How do others treat her differently as the she changes?

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator change throughout the story? What moments in the story are indicative of a change?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator has been prescribed strict rest, which prohibits her from reading or writing. Why does she choose to do so anyway? Why does writing bring her comfort?

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