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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Ofglen want Offred to do with the Commander?
(a) Use him for information.
(b) Tell him what she thinks.
(c) Fulfil his fantasies.
(d) Stop seeing him.

2. What was the underground’s nickname?
(a) The Underground Frailroad.
(b) The Woman’s Freeway.
(c) The Bangor Express.
(d) The Freedom Trail.

3. What does the Commander try to do during the second Ceremony?
(a) Get his wife to leave.
(b) Kiss Offred.
(c) Touch Offred’s face.
(d) Talk to Offred.

4. Who does Serena Joy suggest that Offred sleep with?
(a) Luke.
(b) Nick.
(c) The Commander.
(d) Moira.

5. What does the professor cite as a precursor to Gilead?
(a) Rumania.
(b) The USA.
(c) The USSR.
(d) Germany.

6. What is the big thing that Serena Joy offers Offred in Chapter 12?
(a) A knitted scarf.
(b) A picture of her daughter.
(c) A letter from Luke.
(d) Her own garden.

7. What is Serena Joy’s hobby?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Reading.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Singing.

8. What does Offred consider doing to herself as she prays in Chapter 11?
(a) Forgetting everything.
(b) Becoming a nun.
(c) Running away.
(d) Killing herself.

9. Why is it not likely that Offred ended up in Canada?
(a) Because Canada feared retaliation.
(b) Because border control was too tight.
(c) Because Canada hated Gilead.
(d) Because Canada loved Gilead.

10. What does Offred do before the van comes in Chapter 15?
(a) Waits for them.
(b) Tries to warn Nick.
(c) Tries to kill herself.
(d) Tries to escape.

11. What do the men tell the Commander in Chapter 15?
(a) That Offred has a daughter.
(b) That Offred has betrayed secrets.
(c) That Offred is sleeping with Nick.
(d) That Offred is pregnant.

12. To what mythical figure does the professor compare Offred?
(a) Isis.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Eurydice.
(d) Icarus.

13. What did the old Ofglen see that made her kill herself?
(a) A van.
(b) Her Commander.
(c) Aunt Lydia.
(d) Her Commander’s Wife.

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

15. In Chapter 11, where does Offred hope she will wake up?
(a) With Nick.
(b) With the Commander.
(c) At home.
(d) In the Commander’s house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Offred want to do with the cat in Chapter 11?

2. What is strange about the shop Loaves and Fishes?

3. What is strange about the Salvaging?

4. Where did Moira see Offred’s mother?

5. What did Offred feel the last time she was in her house, according to Chapter 11?

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