1. Why Does John Laugh at the Narrator?

THE YELLOW WALLPAPERNAME:

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1. Why does John laugh at the narrator?

A. She asks questions about the new house. B. He does not believe that she is sick.

C. She has a feeling that the house is haunted. D. He wants her to feel better and be happy.

2. John’s cure for the narrator’s illness is for herto

A. write down all her feelingsB. do only a little housework

C. spend all her time outdoorsD. rest and avoid all work

3. What does this excerpt tell you about the firstpersonnarrator?

“I don’t want to leave now until I have foundit out. There is a week more, and I think thatwill be enough.”

A. She is obsessed with the wallpaper.B. She thinks the paper will cure her.

C. She is afraid John will solve the puzzle.D. She has come to like the house.

4. What does the woman in the wallpaper tellyou about the social context of the late 1800s?

A. Women disliked living in houses withwallpaper.

B. Husbands’ rules made some women feeltrapped.

C. Husbands could not really love theirwives.

D. Women’s sicknesses controlled theirminds.

5. The narrator throws the key from the windowso that

A. no one can get into the roomB. she can burn down the house

C. Jennie will have to knockD. she can get some rest

6. Writing is difficult for the narrator becauseshe

A. is feeling too weak from an illnessB. fears a loss of her self-control

C. finds it hard to keep her writing secretD. is absorbed by her baby

7. What does this excerpt tell you about the firstpersonnarrator?

“But I must say what I feel and think in someway—it is such a relief! But the effort isgetting to be greater than the relief.”

A. She is starting to get worn down.B. She still wants to write as much as before.

C. She has decided to reveal her writing toJohn.D. She is considering accepting John’streatment.

8. What does the narrator’s hiding herdisagreement with her treatment tell you aboutthe social context of the late 1800s?

A. Women respected only a physician’sopinion.

B. Women had better suggestions for theirtreatment.

C. Women found it hard to accept theirillnesses.

D. Women had to obey their husbands in allthings.

9. The wallpaper pattern that traps the creepingwoman represents the

A. writing that the narrator hides from herfamily

B. rules that everyone expects the narrator tofollow

C. road that the narrator sees from thewindows

D. nervous illness that has weakened thenarrator

10. At the end of the story, where does thenarrator say that she belongs at night?

A. behind the paperB. outside on the road

C. on the nailed-down bedD. on the floor against the wall