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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Offred’s job before?
(a) She worked at a bookstore.
(b) She worked at a library.
(c) She was a stay-at-home mother.
(d) She worked at a hotel.

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

3. What is the small thing that Serena Joy offers Offred in Chapter 12?
(a) A match.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A bread roll.
(d) Hand lotion.

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

5. What do the men tell the Commander in Chapter 15?
(a) That Offred is pregnant.
(b) That Offred has betrayed secrets.
(c) That Offred has a daughter.
(d) That Offred is sleeping with Nick.

6. How often do the girls get a break, according to Chapter 12?
(a) Once an hour.
(b) Once an evening.
(c) As often as they want.
(d) Every fifteen minutes.

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

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

9. What was the underground’s nickname?
(a) The Freedom Trail.
(b) The Woman’s Freeway.
(c) The Underground Frailroad.
(d) The Bangor Express.

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

11. How does Serena Joy know what Offred did with the Commander?
(a) She asked the Marthas.
(b) She sees lipstick on her cape.
(c) She heard rumors.
(d) She went to Jezebel’s.

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

13. What is the new order for women supposed to inspire, according to the Aunts?
(a) Love.
(b) Camaraderie.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Lust.

14. According to Chapter 15, in which state was Offred most likely located?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Maine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Offred make her documentation?

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

4. Where did Moira see Offred’s mother?

5. According to Chapter 15, in which city was Offred most likely located?

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