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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a(n) _________.
(a) An alibi
(b) An odor
(c) A stain
(d) A feeling

2. How does the narrator describe the “report” that was given?
(a) Bad
(b) Fair
(c) Good
(d) Crazy

3. When does the narrator think the woman in the wallpaper gets out?
(a) During the nighttime
(b) When she is hungry
(c) During the daytime
(d) When she is tired

4. What does the narrator throw down into the garden path?
(a) The rope
(b) A knife
(c) The shreds of wallpaper
(d) The key to the room

5. What holiday passes while the family is staying at the country house?
(a) Thanksgiving
(b) Fourth of July
(c) New Year’s Eve
(d) Easter

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator’s husband take her at the beginning of the story?

2. The narrator begs John to _______:

3. What year was this story published?

4. John threatens to send the narrator to whom?

5. Fill in the blanks respectively: I _________ at nothing, and ________most of the time.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the wallpaper’s odor a metaphor for?

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

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

4. How does the narrator think the “smooch” on the wall was created?

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

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

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

8. How is the narrator similar to the figure she sees in the paper?

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

10. How is the narrator’s behavior changing because of her obsession?

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