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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 advices the narrator to not allow the what to run away with her?

2. What does the narrator “securely fasten” herself with?

3. Why won’t John let the narrator go on her desired visit?

4. What does the narrator say she watches always?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the “smooch” on the wall?

2. Why doesn’t the narrator want others to touch the wallpaper?

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

4. What does the narrator’s husband and brother prescribe to her for her condition?

5. What does this quote suggest: “It is so pleasant to be out in this great room and creep around as I please.”

6. Why is the narrator glad that she is in the nursery and not the baby?

7. The narrator says that she watches the paper always. What does this increasing obsession suggest about the narrator?

8. Who does the narrator want to help save the woman in the wallpaper?

9. Why does the narrator think her husband was able to rent the summer house at such short notice?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

The narrator states that she will not jump out of the window lest it be misconstrued. Why is she more concerned about her reputation rather than the fact that if she jumped out the window she would be severely injured or killed? What does this suggest?

Essay Topic 3

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

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