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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What tone does Offred read into the message on her wall in Chapter 9?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Cajoliong.
(c) Commanding.
(d) Funny.

3. What does Offred think might happen in Chapter 14?
(a) She and Nick will run away together.
(b) The Commander will find them.
(c) She will have a baby.
(d) Luke will arrive, in a jealous rage.

4. What phrase does Offred mention to the new Ofglen in Chapter 14?
(a) Resistance.
(b) Underground Femaleroad.
(c) Mayday.
(d) M’aidez.

5. What is Moira dressed as in Chapter 12?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A bunny.
(c) A bird.
(d) A cat.

6. What did Ofglen do to the man in the second part of the Salvaging?
(a) Gave him advice.
(b) Gave him an injection.
(c) Hit him on the head.
(d) Beat him brutally.

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

8. What does Ofglen start to think about Offred in Chapter 14?
(a) That she is a real revolutionary.
(b) That she is in love with the Commander.
(c) That she is committed.
(d) That she is giving up.

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

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

11. What does Ofglen tell Offred in Chapter 12?
(a) Where Luke is.
(b) A French translation.
(c) The password.
(d) Where Moira is.

12. Where do Ofglen and Offred go together in Chapter 12?
(a) To another birthing.
(b) To church.
(c) To a hanging.
(d) To a wedding.

13. Who was the man in the second part of the Salvaging, according to Ofglen?
(a) A political enemy of the state.
(b) A rapist.
(c) A religious criminal.
(d) A murderer.

14. Who is on stage at the Salvaging?
(a) Three Handmaids.
(b) Three Wives.
(c) Two Handmaids and one Wife.
(d) Two Wives and one Handmaid.

15. What is the name of the organization that tried to help Moira escape?
(a) M’aidez.
(b) The Underground Female Road.
(c) The Underground Railroad.
(d) Mayday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is Offred?

2. What is the best place Offred could have ended up?

3. What piece of dinnerware does Offred not get in Chapter 12?

4. What was the first big change that happened in Offred’s life?

5. How many kinds of Soul Scrolls are the shop Loaves and Fishes?

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