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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 is different about the Wives’ birthmobile?
(a) It is red.
(b) It is blue.
(c) It is more comfortable.
(d) It is bigger.

2. According to Chapter 6, what is one Bible story that the Commander reads?
(a) Jesus being crucified.
(b) Noah and the flood.
(c) Moses parting the water.
(d) Jacob and the angel.

3. In Chapter 2, where do Offred and her companion go before returning home?
(a) To see the bodies on the wall.
(b) To chat with Luke.
(c) To chat with the Aunts.
(d) Shopping for pleasure.

4. What animal does Offred compare herself to when taking a nap?
(a) An insect.
(b) A pig.
(c) A cat.
(d) A sheep.

5. Who asks if Offred is looking for anyone in Chapter 8?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Moira.
(c) Janine.
(d) Alma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Offred wear every day?

2. Why do the women say that Janine was raped?

3. Who did Aunt Lydia question about Moira in Chapter 8?

4. What color is Offred’s bathroom?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator feel about the Commander’s House in Chapter 2? Describe her surroundings as well as her reactions to them.

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

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

5. Why don’t the Aunts have guns?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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