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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XX – Section XXI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Aunt Lydia when she was arrested, as she reveals in Chapter 29?
(a) 43.
(b) 33.
(c) 53.
(d) 63.

2. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 41, who is working against Aunt Elizabeth?
(a) Aunt Lydia.
(b) Aunt Immortelle.
(c) Aunt Vidala.
(d) Commander Judd.

3. What job is Agnes given after becoming a Supplicant in Chapter 49?
(a) Making clean copies of Aunt Lydia's speeches.
(b) Spying on Mayday.
(c) Writing passages from the Bible.
(d) Analyzing crime files.

4. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 29, how did she show her loyalty to Gilead?
(a) By marrying Commander Judd.
(b) By shaving her head.
(c) By pledging an oath.
(d) By firing upon a group of women.

5. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 52, who suddenly appears deathly ill?
(a) Shunammite.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Paula.
(d) Becka.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time is scheduled between the announcement of Agnes's betrothed and her marriage to him?

2. Where does Aunt Lydia go in Chapter 24 when she wants some hot milk?

3. Who is the narrator of the first and third sections of the novel, as revealed in Chapter 6?

4. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 29, which of the four Founding Aunts seemed a true Gilead convert?

5. According to the narrator of the first chapter, what is being left at the base of her statue?

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