Name: _____________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: ___________
The Yellow Wallpaper
Reading Questions
Directions: Read each question and answer in complete sentences.
1. How does John try to help his wife get over her illness?
2. Identify what you think the wallpaper is symbolic of.
3. Why do you think John does not want his wife to write?
4. Identify two names given to the narrator by her husband.
5. If you could change the ending of the story, how would you have it end?
6. “John is a physician and perhaps—(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper
and a great relief to my mind)—perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster.” What do you think
this quote means?
7. Did John help the narrator or hurt her? Use examples from the story to support your answer.
