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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What of Serena Joy’s does Offred covet?
(a) Her paintings.
(b) Her gardening shears.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her perfume.

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

5. What does Offred feel towards Nick, as stated in Chapter 11?
(a) Lust.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Hatred.

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

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

8. What does Offred think was the worst part about being caught with Luke?
(a) The betrayal.
(b) The loss.
(c) The hope.
(d) The forgetting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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 pregnant.
(d) That Offred is sleeping with Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Handmaids’ names formed in Gilead?

2. How does Serena Joy feel about Offred being taken away in Chapter 15?

3. Where does the Commander rank, according to Ofglen?

4. Why is it not likely that Offred ended up in Canada?

5. What does Ofglen ask Offred in Chapter 10?

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