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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was off-putting about the last man Offred worked for?
(a) His voice.
(b) His body.
(c) His smell.
(d) His face.

2. What kind of guerrillas does Offred see on the television in Chapter 6?
(a) Muslims.
(b) Quakers.
(c) Jews.
(d) Baptists.

3. What does Offred look for at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Luke’s body.
(d) Angels.

4. According to Chapter 3, what does the narrator see when she is drugged, later?
(a) A photograph of her daughter.
(b) Her daughter’s hand.
(c) A sketch of her daughter.
(d) A letter from her daughter.

5. What is the new name of the area in Chapter 2?
(a) Calvary.
(b) Gilead.
(c) Boston.
(d) Mt. Olive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose choice was it that the Handmaids could not use lotion?

2. What part of the Bible did the women hear at the center each day?

3. What color is the Commander’s hair?

4. What do the women in the center whisper to each other at night?

5. What does Offred think happened to Luke?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what context does Offred see an Econowife?

2. Why is the narrator in the setting at the opening of the novel?

3. Why is the doctor’s offer to Offred in Chapter 4 tempting?

4. Who is the girl in the photograph in Chapter 3, and how does the narrator respond to seeing it?

5. What is the purpose of the exercises that Offred does?

6. In Chapter 4, What does the message in Offred’s room say?

7. Why is it significant that the women discuss their names at the beginning of the novel?

8. What happened to Serena Joy that was traumatic in her earlier life?

9. Why does the narrator start thinking about Moira at night in Chapter 3?

10. Describe the narrator’s mother as depicted in Chapter 3.

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