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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 does Offred think was the worst part about being caught with Luke?
(a) The hope.
(b) The loss.
(c) The forgetting.
(d) The betrayal.

2. What is another role that Nick had, according to Chapter 15?
(a) He was a soldier.
(b) He was an Eye.
(c) He was an officer.
(d) He was a Guardian.

3. Where does the Commander rank, according to Ofglen?
(a) At the very top.
(b) Towards the top.
(c) In the lower ranks.
(d) He’s a middle-man.

4. What is Moira dressed as in Chapter 12?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cat.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A bunny.

5. Where did Offred store her documentation?
(a) In a suitcase.
(b) In a Canadian army trunk.
(c) In a U.S. army trunk.
(d) In a backpack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Offred compare the Commander to in Chapter 9?

2. What is the big thing that Serena Joy offers Offred in Chapter 12?

3. What was the underground’s nickname?

4. What does the Commander try to do during the second Ceremony?

5. According to the professor, why was Gilead able to succeed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to former nuns?

2. Why does the story about the cat in Chapter 11 matter?

3. What happened to Luke, according to the professor?

4. Why does Offred think about her age and height in Chapter 9?

5. Why is the concentration camp documentary important?

6. How does Offred characterize the spring, particularly May?

7. Why is Ofglen’s question about Soul Scrolls subversive?

8. What form do Offred's prayers take in Chapter 11?

9. Why does Offred pray in Chapter 11?

10. In Chapter 9, what is new about the way Offred reads the message on her wall?

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