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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes learn about the truth in Chapter 50?

2. According to Agnes in Chapter 50, what caused her to have a crisis of faith?

3. According to Nicole in Chapter 70, who motivated her during her climb ashore?

4. How does Nicole describe her physical state in Chapter 70?

5. What is the name of the captain in Chapter 66?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aunt Lydia likely die, as described in Chapter 71?

2. What happens when Daisy arrives in Gilead in Chapter 45?

3. What happens to Aunt Vidala in Chapter 65?

4. How do the girls react to their change of clothing, as seen in Chapters 62 and 63?

5. How does Nicole's situation become increasingly more dire in Chapters 69 and 70? Who provides a surprising form of help in Chapter 70?

6. How is Dr. Grove finally brought to justice in Chapter 46?

7. What startling information regarding Commander Judd is given to Agnes in Chapter 51? How does she come by this information? What is her reaction?

8. What information does Aunt Lydia learn about Becka in Chapter 41? How does she learn this information?

9. What information does Agnes receive in Chapter 56? How does she come by this information?

10. What happens during the Particicution in Chapter 46?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mothers are very important in the novel. How has Gilead’s totalitarianism affected the nature of motherhood?

Essay Topic 2

The power of information and knowledge is a major theme of the novel. Choose three situations in which the power of information is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates the power of information and knowledge.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of the Thirteenth Symposium to the novel as a whole. How does this final section to the novel influence the reader’s understanding of the protagonists and their actions?

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