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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Offred do when she sees Nick in Chapter 11?
(a) Calls his name.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Signals to him.
(d) Pulls a curtain between them.

2. According to the professor, why was Gilead able to succeed?
(a) By taking total control.
(b) By dominating women.
(c) Through the use of terror.
(d) By incorporating elements of other societies.

3. Where does Offred go after seeing the Commander in Chapter 8?
(a) To see his Wife.
(b) To the kitchen.
(c) She runs away.
(d) Back to her room.

4. What did Offred feel the last time she was in her house, according to Chapter 11?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sleepy.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Hopeful.

5. What was the first big change that happened in Offred’s life?
(a) She lost Luke.
(b) She lost the right to her own money.
(c) She lost her daughter.
(d) She lost her job.

6. What does Offred tell Nick in Chapter 14, which might be dangerous?
(a) To look for Luke.
(b) Her real name.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) What she has done with the Commander.

7. What is strange about the shop Loaves and Fishes?
(a) It is a laundromat.
(b) It is a supermarket.
(c) It doesn’t sell fish.
(d) It doesn’t sell bread.

8. What is the best place Offred could have ended up?
(a) The USA.
(b) Finland.
(c) Canada.
(d) The UK.

9. What did Offred and Luke worry might give them away?
(a) Their cat.
(b) Their dog.
(c) Their car.
(d) Their neighbors.

10. What usually happens at a salvaging that does not happen in Chapter 14?
(a) The women can plead their own defense.
(b) The Aunt announces the crimes.
(c) The women die.
(d) The women to be hanged can make a statement.

11. What is the second part of the Salvaging called?
(a) The Particicution.
(b) Part B.
(c) The Prayvaganza.
(d) The Trial.

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

13. Why would Offred not have made her story public?
(a) Not to embarrass the Commander.
(b) In gratitude to Nick.
(c) She had moved on.
(d) She feared retaliation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Offred never say to Nick?

2. What tone does Offred read into the message on her wall in Chapter 9?

3. What does the Commander try to do during the second Ceremony?

4. What does Offred remember most about the documentary?

5. Where did Moira see Offred’s mother?

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