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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. Where does the narrator go in Chapter 3?
(a) To see her mother.
(b) To see Moira.
(c) She stays in bed.
(d) She is drugged at a facility.

2. Why is everyone jealous of Janine in Chapter 2?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has more freedom.
(c) She is beautiful.
(d) She is rich.

3. Where did Moira and Offred meet at the center to talk privately?
(a) In the gymnasium.
(b) In the washroom.
(c) In the cafeteria.
(d) In the dormitory.

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

5. What does the narrator think about first in Chapter 3?
(a) Her future.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Moira.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what did the gravestone have engraved on it?

2. Who asks if Offred is looking for anyone in Chapter 8?

3. Where is the Commander’s wife’s “territory”?

4. What do the Japanese ask the narrator in Chapter 2?

5. What was off-putting about the last man Offred worked for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what context does Offred see an Econowife?

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

4. What does Offred’s mother say about her father?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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