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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Offred go after seeing the Commander in Chapter 8?
(a) She runs away.
(b) Back to her room.
(c) To the kitchen.
(d) To see his Wife.

2. How does Serena Joy know what Offred did with the Commander?
(a) She heard rumors.
(b) She sees lipstick on her cape.
(c) She went to Jezebel’s.
(d) She asked the Marthas.

3. How tall is Offred?
(a) 5 feet, 7 inches.
(b) 5 feet, 5 inches.
(c) 5 feet even.
(d) 5 feet, 2 inches.

4. How did Offred make her documentation?
(a) She recorded her voice.
(b) She drew pictures.
(c) She made videos.
(d) She wrote it down.

5. Who does the professor think is the most likely candidate for Offred’s Commander?
(a) Jade.
(b) Waterstone.
(c) Judd.
(d) Waterford.

6. Who accompanies Offred through the yard to Nick’s in Chapter 13?
(a) Serena Joy.
(b) The Commander.
(c) Nick.
(d) Nobody.

7. Why has Janine been transferred in Chapter 12?
(a) There was something wrong with the baby.
(b) She was jealous.
(c) There was something wrong with her milk.
(d) She went crazy.

8. To what mythical figure does the professor compare Offred?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Eurydice.
(c) Icarus.
(d) Isis.

9. What did Offred want to do with the cat in Chapter 11?
(a) Give it away.
(b) Take it with them.
(c) Kill it.
(d) Forget it.

10. What is the name of the organization that tried to help Moira escape?
(a) Mayday.
(b) The Underground Female Road.
(c) The Underground Railroad.
(d) M’aidez.

11. What does the Latin phrase really mean?
(a) Don’t let the bastards get you down.
(b) Keep it up.
(c) My name is Alma.
(d) One day, you’ll be free.

12. What is the small thing that Serena Joy offers Offred in Chapter 12?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A match.
(c) Hand lotion.
(d) A bread roll.

13. What did they call the burning of women’s undergarments?
(a) The Times Square Massacre.
(b) Women's Liberation.
(c) The New York Story.
(d) The Manhattan Clean-Up.

14. What do the men tell the Commander in Chapter 15?
(a) That Offred has a daughter.
(b) That Offred has betrayed secrets.
(c) That Offred is sleeping with Nick.
(d) That Offred is pregnant.

15. How did Serena Joy get the photo, according to Offred in Chapter 12?
(a) Through the Handmaids.
(b) Through the Commander.
(c) Through the Wives.
(d) Through the Marthas.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which period did Offred belong?

2. What did Offred feel the last time she was in her house, according to Chapter 11?

3. What does Offred do when she sees Nick in Chapter 11?

4. Where did Moira go immediately after she left the center in Chapter 12?

5. How many kinds of Soul Scrolls are the shop Loaves and Fishes?

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