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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Offred's documentation found?
(a) In New York.
(b) In Boston.
(c) In Canada.
(d) In the UK.

2. What did Jews have the option of doing, according to Chapter 12?
(a) Leaving for Europe.
(b) Enlisting in the army.
(c) Becoming Handmaidens.
(d) Going to Israel.

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

4. Why can Offred believe Nick in Chapter 15?
(a) He tells her that he arranged this.
(b) He tells her that he loves her.
(c) He references her daughter.
(d) He uses her real name.

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

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

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

8. What is the worst thing that could have happened to Offred?
(a) She was forced to go back to being a handmaiden.
(b) She had to see her daughter die.
(c) She had to now marry a Commander.
(d) She was executed or sent to the colonies.

9. Where did Moira go immediately after she left the center in Chapter 12?
(a) On a chicken truck.
(b) To the house on a former mailing list.
(c) To a friend’s house.
(d) To Maine.

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

11. Who does the professor think is the most likely candidate for Offred’s Commander?
(a) Judd.
(b) Waterstone.
(c) Jade.
(d) Waterford.

12. 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 murderer.
(d) A religious criminal.

13. What does Nick tell Offred in Chapter 15?
(a) That he loves her.
(b) That they are the railroad.
(c) That her luck’s run out.
(d) That they are Mayday.

14. In Chapter 10, what does Offred tell the Commander that she wants?
(a) To have a baby.
(b) To know what’s going on.
(c) To find out all about him.
(d) To escape.

15. How did Serena Joy get the photo, according to Offred in Chapter 12?
(a) Through the Handmaids.
(b) Through the Marthas.
(c) Through the Wives.
(d) Through the Commander.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did they call the burning of women’s undergarments?

2. What does Ofglen ask Offred in Chapter 10?

3. Where is Offred’s mother now, according to Chapter 12?

4. What does Offred feel towards Nick, as stated in Chapter 11?

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

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