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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 stuffed animal did Offred’s daughter take with her?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bear.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A dog.

2. What are the Japanese doing in the city in Chapter 2?
(a) They are human-rights workers.
(b) They are tourists.
(c) They are citizens.
(d) They are photojournalists.

3. Why was the narrator stressed around Moira in Chapter 3?
(a) Moira talked about date rape.
(b) It was illegal to go out.
(c) Moira was a prostitute.
(d) She had a paper due.

4. What does the narrator compare “date rape” to?
(a) Candy.
(b) A cocktail.
(c) Drugs.
(d) A fancy gourmet dish.

5. Where is the Commander’s wife’s “territory”?
(a) The living room.
(b) The garden.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cora feel about the baby in Chapter 8?

2. What has Janine now avoided in Chapter 8?

3. What is one way Offred is allowed to pass the time?

4. What did Moira use as a weapon in Chapter 8?

5. What did the narrator do as a little girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator’s attitude towards her audience, at the end of Chapter 3?

2. How does the Commander act before and during the ceremony in Chapter 6?

3. How is Offred’s role different from that of the Commander’s Wife?

4. What is carved on Offred’s desk at the center? Why is this significant?

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

6. Why do the women steal something for Moira at the center?

7. In Chapter 6, how does the Commander pray?

8. In Chapter 7, where does Offred think that Luke really is?

9. If Luke is dead in Chapter 7, what happened to him?

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

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