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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is it not likely that Offred ended up in Canada?
(a) Because Canada feared retaliation.
(b) Because Canada hated Gilead.
(c) Because border control was too tight.
(d) Because Canada loved Gilead.

5. Why has Janine been transferred in Chapter 12?
(a) She went crazy.
(b) There was something wrong with her milk.
(c) There was something wrong with the baby.
(d) She was jealous.

6. What did Offred want to do with the cat in Chapter 11?
(a) Give it away.
(b) Forget it.
(c) Take it with them.
(d) Kill it.

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

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

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

10. What did the old Ofglen see that made her kill herself?
(a) Her Commander.
(b) A van.
(c) Her Commander’s Wife.
(d) Aunt Lydia.

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

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

13. What group of people is Offred surprised to see at Jezebel’s?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Other women.
(c) Officers.
(d) Commanders.

14. How does Serena Joy feel about Offred being taken away in Chapter 15?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Sad.
(c) Neutral.
(d) Furious.

15. What is the signal that the Commander uses to communicate with Offred?
(a) Nick whistling.
(b) Nick tilting his hat.
(c) His door left open.
(d) Notes under her pillow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the professor think is the most likely candidate for Offred’s Commander?

2. What is the small thing that Serena Joy offers Offred in Chapter 12?

3. What does the Commander offer to Offred in Chapter 10?

4. What was Nick’s role regarding Offred, finally?

5. What does Offred do before the van comes in Chapter 15?

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