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The Yellow Wallpaper Trivia Game #2

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  • Does the narrator get to see her baby the summer they rent the house with the yellow wallpaper?
    No
  • Where did the author throw the key to her room on the last day?
    By the front door under a leaf
  • The narrator tells John she has gotten out of the wallpaper despite him and who else?
    Jennie
  • What kind of a room does the narrator believe her room once was?
    a nursery or gymnasium
  • What type of figurative language does the author use to describe the images in the wallpaper?
    personification
  • Does John want his wife (the narrator) to write down her thoughts?
    No, she is not allowed to and has to hide her writing
  • When does the narrator usually sleep?
    during the day
  • On the last night in the untenanted house, what did the narrator do to the bed post when she was frustrated that the bed wouldn't move?
    she bit it and hurt her teeth
  • What word does the narrator frequently use to describe the movement of the woman in the wallpaper?
    creeping
  • What animal does John call the narrator (his wife)?
    A blessed little goose
  • What does John compare a visit from some fun friends to?
    Fireworks in his wife's pillowcase
  • Whom does the narrator want to visit although John will not let her?
    Her cousins
  • What is happening to the couple's own house while they are away?
    It is being remodeled
  • As a child, was the narrator creative with a big imagination or was she realistic and serious?
    creative with a big imagination
  • What was wrong with the woman (narrator)?
    postpartum depression, female hysteria, mental illness
  • describe the house that the narrator and her husband are renting
    big, way out in the country, untenanted until they moved in
  • What does John do at the end of the story?
    He faints
  • Who has control of the narrator's life: herself, or John?
    John
  • When is the woman most visible in the wallpaper?
    at night in the moonlight
  • Is this story written in 1st person or 3rd person?
    1st person
  • Who is taking care of the house and narrator when John is not around?
    John's sister Jennie
  • describe the narrator's room in detail
    bars on the window, yellow torn up wallpaper, a rough looking bed, rings on the walls