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

2. Who comes to the door when the narrator is creeping along the wall?

3. At the climax of the story, who does the narrator think that she has become?

4. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?

5. When does the narrator think the woman in the wallpaper gets out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What description is horrifying about the wallpaper?

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

3. Who is Weir Mitchell?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does it bother the narrator that she cannot read or write while recuperating?

10. How does the narrator initially describe the wallpaper?

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

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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