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

2. What color is the Commander’s hair?
(a) White.
(b) Grey.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

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

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

5. Who is having the baby in Chapter 8?
(a) Ofglen.
(b) Ofwarren.
(c) Moira.
(d) Warren’s Wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the dormitory used to be?

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

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

4. What does the narrator compare her story to?

5. Where did Moira leave Aunt Elizabeth in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Offred go back to the sitting room later that evening in Chapter 6?

7. What does Offred do after exercising in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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