The Yellow Wall- Paper
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. What is John's profession?
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Doctor
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2. What is the narrator's brother's profession?
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Lawyer
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3. To what physician does John at one point threaten to send the narrator?
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Weir Mitchell
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4. What is the name of the nanny?
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Mary
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5. Who tends to the house?
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Jane
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6. What kind of house are they in?
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A colonial mansion
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7. What is happening to the couple's own house while they are away?
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It is being remodeled
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8. What kind of a room does the narrator believe her room once was?
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A nursery
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9. What is one major similarity between the narrator's room and the wallpaper's pattern?
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They both have bars
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10. What is caught in the wallpaper's pattern?
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Strangled heads
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11. What does the woman do at night within the wallpaper?
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She shakes at the bars
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12. With what diminutive does John frequently refer to the narrator?
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Little
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13. Who officially decides what the narrator should do during the day?
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John
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14. What does John prevent the narrator from doing most of all?
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Writing
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15. What word does the narrator frequently use to describe the movement of the woman in the wallpaper?
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Creeping
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16. When is the woman most visible in the wallpaper?
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By moonlight
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17. When does the woman in the wallpaper stop moving?
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In the sunlight
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18. When does the narrator usually sleep?
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During the day
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19. What condition is the narrator thought to suffer from?
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Neurasthenia
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20. How does the narrator describe the odor of the wallpaper?
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Yellow Smell
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21. What does John do at the end of the story?
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He faints
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22. The narrator tells John she has gotten out of the wallpaper despite him and who else?
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Jane
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23. Whom does the narrator want to visit although John will not let her?
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Relatives
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24. What is the strange mark around the bottom of the wall probably from?
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Someone else who crawled around the periphery of the room
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25. How does John generally treat the narrator?
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As his daughter
