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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. Who does the narrator say is her one comfort?

2. Jennie says what stains all of their clothing?

3. Where does the narrator plan to go at nightfall, describing that it will be difficult to do?

4. What does the narrator say it looks like the bed has been through?

5. Whom does the narrator want to visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What doesn’t the narrator mind about the nursery at first?

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

3. What does John call the narrator in the middle of the night? And why?

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

5. Why doesn’t the narrator want to go outside near the climax of the story?

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

7. What is suggested by the narrator’s multiple descriptions of the wallpaper?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Scan the text for dialogue that occurs between the narrator and John. How does the talk to her? What names does her call her? What does this suggest?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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