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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Offred’s bathroom?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Multi-colored.

2. What is different about the Wives’ birthmobile?
(a) It is red.
(b) It is blue.
(c) It is bigger.
(d) It is more comfortable.

3. What do the Aunts have in their belts in Chapter 1?
(a) Cattle prods.
(b) Decorations.
(c) Their hands.
(d) Cell phones.

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

5. How many babies are currently born disfigured, according to Chapter 8?
(a) One in four.
(b) One in two.
(c) One in ten.
(d) One in five.

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

7. According to Chapter 6, what is one Bible story that the Commander reads?
(a) Noah and the flood.
(b) Jacob and the angel.
(c) Jesus being crucified.
(d) Moses parting the water.

8. Where does the narrator go in Chapter 3?
(a) To see Moira.
(b) To see her mother.
(c) She is drugged at a facility.
(d) She stays in bed.

9. What stuffed animal did Offred’s daughter take with her?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A bear.
(d) A rabbit.

10. Who does the narrator go shopping with in Chapter 2?
(a) A Guardian.
(b) A Martha.
(c) A Wife.
(d) A Handmaid.

11. What kind of flower does Offred smell in Chapter 6?
(a) Violets.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Lilies of the valley.
(d) Roses.

12. What is the ritual called when the women confess sexual ‘sins’ to one another?
(a) Coming Clean.
(b) Wiping the Slate.
(c) Testifying.
(d) Confession.

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

14. What was the center called?
(a) The Gilead Center.
(b) The Rachel and Leah Center.
(c) The Handmaid’s Center.
(d) The Training Center.

15. What is one kind of film the women watched at the center?
(a) Cartoons.
(b) Pornography.
(c) Newsreels.
(d) Feature films.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Offred’s daughter now?

2. Who did Aunt Lydia question about Moira in Chapter 8?

3. What does Offred look for at the end of Chapter 2?

4. What is the purpose of Offred's walk in Chapter 2?

5. What does the narrator think about first in Chapter 3?

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