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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. If he is alive, what will Luke send to Offred?
(a) A tape.
(b) Food.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A message.

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

3. What does the narrator compare “date rape” to?
(a) Candy.
(b) Drugs.
(c) A fancy gourmet dish.
(d) A cocktail.

4. What color is the Commander’s hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) White.
(c) Grey.
(d) Brown.

5. What is one way Offred is allowed to pass the time?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Doing exercises.
(c) Reading.
(d) Chatting with Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. As described in Chapter 6, what does the sexual encounter NOT involve?

2. Where did Moira leave Aunt Elizabeth in Chapter 8?

3. What language does Offred think the message in her room is in Chapter 4?

4. How old is Offred’s daughter now?

5. What kind of flower does Offred smell in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with how Offred kisses the Commander, in his view?

2. Why does Offred go back to the sitting room later that evening in Chapter 6?

3. If Luke is dead in Chapter 7, what happened to him?

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

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

6. In what context does Offred see an Econowife?

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

8. Why does Offred have to be especially careful on this assignment, according to Chapter 2?

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

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

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