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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. According to Chapter 6, what is one Bible story that the Commander reads?
(a) Jesus being crucified.
(b) Moses parting the water.
(c) Noah and the flood.
(d) Jacob and the angel.

2. What kind of flower does Offred smell in Chapter 6?
(a) Lilies of the valley.
(b) Violets.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) Roses.

3. What does Offred use the butter for, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) Shoe polish.
(b) Makeup.
(c) Flavoring.
(d) Lotion.

4. Who asks if Offred is looking for anyone in Chapter 8?
(a) Janine.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Moira.
(d) Alma.

5. What do the Japanese want from the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) To take her picture.
(b) To take her money.
(c) Nothing.
(d) To help her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Offred's walk in Chapter 2?

2. If he is alive, what will Luke send to Offred?

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

4. When did Offred and Luke try to run away?

5. What did the narrator do as a little girl?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Offred’s mother say about her father?

3. Why is the narrator in the setting at the opening of the novel?

4. If Luke is in jail in Chapter 7, what happened to him?

5. Describe the narrator’s mother as depicted in Chapter 3.

6. Why do the women steal something for Moira at the center?

7. What tone do the women take with Janine?

8. In Chapter 6, how does the Commander pray?

9. What is carved on Offred’s desk at the center? Why is this significant?

10. Why is the doctor’s offer to Offred in Chapter 4 tempting?

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