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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Offred compare herself to when taking a nap?
(a) A pig.
(b) An insect.
(c) A cat.
(d) A sheep.

2. What do the guards in Chapter 1 have that nobody else does?
(a) Guns.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) Clubs.
(d) Cattle prods.

3. What is different about the Wives’ birthmobile?
(a) It is bigger.
(b) It is more comfortable.
(c) It is red.
(d) It is blue.

4. How old was Offred’s daughter the last time they saw each other?
(a) Eight.
(b) An infant.
(c) Five.
(d) Eleven.

5. Where did Moira leave Aunt Elizabeth in Chapter 8?
(a) The gymnasium.
(b) The washroom.
(c) The dormitory.
(d) By the boiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is having the baby in Chapter 8?

2. What is one way Offred is allowed to pass the time?

3. What does the narrator compare “date rape” to?

4. Where was Offred’s daughter first stolen?

5. Who did Aunt Lydia question about Moira in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who from the first chapter appears again later in the novel?

2. What does Offred do after exercising in Chapter 5?

3. What tone do the women take with Janine?

4. Why don’t the Aunts have guns?

5. How is Offred’s role different from that of the Commander’s Wife?

6. In what context does Offred see an Econowife?

7. What is the purpose of the exercises that Offred does?

8. How does the narrator feel about the Commander’s House in Chapter 2? Describe her surroundings as well as her reactions to them.

9. What happened to Serena Joy that was traumatic in her earlier life?

10. How does the Commander act before and during the ceremony in Chapter 6?

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