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1. This short story takes place in
A psych ward at a hospital
A country estate
An apartment building in the city
A religious convent for girls
The main character’s husband is named
Michael
Frederick
Simon
John
The main character’s husband works as a
College professor
Physician
Policeman
Judge
Even though her husband doesn’t want her to, the main character spends time
Talking with her sister on the phone
Gossiping with the neighbors through the fence
Writing
Praying
At the end of the story, the main character is
Escaping from a burning building
Moving in circles around a room
Being sent away to jail
Dying of tuberculosis
What does the narrator see behind the wallpaper?
A woman
A bear
A spider
John
The narrator goes from hating the wallpaper to...
hating it ever more
obsessing over it
finding it mildly attractive
not caring about it
Why does the narrator rip the wallpaper off?
Because it's ugly
To replace it
To annoy John
To free the woman behind it
Who is the woman in the wallpaper?
Jennie
The narrator's child
The narrator
The narrator's imaginary friend
What happens to John?
He faints
The narrator kills him
He divorces the narrator
He admits he was wrong
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