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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Offred not want to be heard doing in Chapter 9?
(a) Coughing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Running away.
(d) Laughing.

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

3. What time does Offred return home from Jezebel’s in Chapter 13?
(a) Early in the morning.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Before dark.
(d) Two in the morning.

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

5. Who does Offred compare the Commander to in Chapter 9?
(a) The Nazi’s mistress.
(b) The Nazi.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her mother.

6. How old is Offred?
(a) 37.
(b) 33.
(c) 25.
(d) 28.

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

8. What does the Latin phrase really mean?
(a) One day, you’ll be free.
(b) My name is Alma.
(c) Don’t let the bastards get you down.
(d) Keep it up.

9. 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 now marry a Commander.
(c) She had to see her daughter die.
(d) She was executed or sent to the colonies.

10. What piece of dinnerware does Offred not get in Chapter 12?
(a) A knife.
(b) A fork.
(c) A plate.
(d) A spoon.

11. 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.

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

13. What is strange about the Salvaging?
(a) It has religious overtones.
(b) Nobody is killed.
(c) It is for men only.
(d) It is for women only.

14. What did they call the burning of women’s undergarments?
(a) The Manhattan Clean-Up.
(b) The New York Story.
(c) Women's Liberation.
(d) The Times Square Massacre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Handmaids’ names formed in Gilead?

2. What did Ofglen do to the man in the second part of the Salvaging?

3. Why would Offred not have made her story public?

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

5. What happened to the last of the Commander’s Handmaids?

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