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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. When does the narrator say the wallpaper becomes clearer?

2. Who is the housekeeper?

3. What holiday passes while the family is staying at the country house?

4. What does John promise the narrator?

5. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper in the middle of the story?

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

5. What is suggested by the narrator’s concern for her reputation?

6. Who is Weir Mitchell?

7. Why does the narrator abruptly end her narration in the first few pages?

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

9. What does the woman in the wallpaper do to shake the pattern?

10. Why does the narrator suggest she’s not getting well because ofthe fact that her husband is a physician? What does this say about their relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe John’s character. Does he change? Is John a round or flat character? Static or dynamic?

Essay Topic 2

“I wonder if they all came out of the wallpaper as I did?” This quote appears at the end of the story. What does it suggest? What does the narrator believe has happened?

Essay Topic 3

How does the narrator’s perception of her husband change? What is the evidence of this within the text?

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