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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Offred officially identified?
(a) By her tattoo.
(b) By her dress.
(c) By her pass.
(d) By her ID card.

2. How long was Offred at the center before Moira arrived?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) One week.
(d) Three weeks.

3. Where did Moira leave Aunt Elizabeth in Chapter 8?
(a) By the boiler.
(b) The dormitory.
(c) The washroom.
(d) The gymnasium.

4. Where did Moira make her escape attempt in Chapter 8?
(a) The Aunts’ office.
(b) The dormitory.
(c) The washroom.
(d) The gymnasium.

5. Why do the women say that Janine was raped?
(a) Bad luck.
(b) To purify herself.
(c) To punish her attackers.
(d) To teach her a lesson.

6. How does Cora feel about the baby in Chapter 8?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Bored.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jealous.

7. What did the narrator do as a little girl?
(a) Burned her letters.
(b) Burned a porn magazine.
(c) Burned photographs.
(d) Burned her bra.

8. How old was Offred’s daughter the last time they saw each other?
(a) Eleven.
(b) An infant.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

9. What has Janine now avoided in Chapter 8?
(a) Breastfeeding.
(b) Being an Unwoman.
(c) More work as a Handmaid.
(d) Loneliness.

10. What did Moira use as a weapon in Chapter 8?
(a) A shoe.
(b) The boiler.
(c) A bobby pin.
(d) Part of the toilet.

11. What surrounded the center?
(a) A barbed-wire fence.
(b) A forest.
(c) Hundreds of guards.
(d) An electric fence.

12. What language does ‘Mayday’ come from?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Arabic.
(d) French.

13. How old was Offred’s mother when she had the baby?
(a) 37.
(b) 18.
(c) 32.
(d) 25.

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

15. What do the women in the center whisper to each other at night?
(a) Their real names.
(b) Their escape plan.
(c) Their life stories.
(d) Their pseudonyms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was off-putting about the last man Offred worked for?

2. What stuffed animal did Offred’s daughter take with her?

3. Who is Luke?

4. Whose fault do the women say Janine’s rape was?

5. Why was the narrator stressed around Moira in Chapter 3?

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