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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 does Offred use the butter for, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) Lotion.
(b) Flavoring.
(c) Makeup.
(d) Shoe polish.

2. How old was Offred’s mother when she had the baby?
(a) 18.
(b) 32.
(c) 37.
(d) 25.

3. When did Offred and Luke try to run away?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) March.

4. What is the purpose of Offred's walk in Chapter 2?
(a) To see the bodies on the wall.
(b) To flirt with the Guardians.
(c) To buy food.
(d) To chat with others.

5. How is Offred officially identified?
(a) By her pass.
(b) By her ID card.
(c) By her dress.
(d) By her tattoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the Commander’s hair?

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

3. What is the baby in Chapter 8 called?

4. Who is having the baby in Chapter 8?

5. According to Chapter 3, what does the narrator see when she is drugged, later?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who from the first chapter appears again later in the novel?

6. If Luke is in jail in Chapter 7, what happened to him?

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

8. Why did Offred and the other women take naps at the center?

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

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

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