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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. The protagonist is narrating her what?

2. When the narrator makes the plan to get off the wallpaper before John notices, how long do they have left at the house?

3. Whom does the narrator want to visit?

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

5. Who does the narrator plan on helping while John is away?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Weir Mitchell?

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

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

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

5. Why does John refuse to repaper the nursery after initially agreeing?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the story, John’s names for the narrator become more and more patronizing and child-like. Was the narrator becoming more childlike in her actions, or was John just being patronizing? What effect does this have on the narrator?

Essay Topic 2

One moment the narrator says she likes the nursery and is glad for it, and the next moment she wishes that John would take her away. What do the inconsistencies suggest?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator describes the wallpaper many times. What does the repetition in description suggest?

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