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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 color does Offred wear every day?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Striped.

2. What is a disfigured baby called?
(a) An Unbaby.
(b) A Non-Baby.
(c) An Unchild.
(d) Nothing.

3. What do the Aunts have in their belts in Chapter 1?
(a) Cattle prods.
(b) Decorations.
(c) Cell phones.
(d) Their hands.

4. If he is alive, what will Luke send to Offred?
(a) A tape.
(b) Food.
(c) A message.
(d) Nothing.

5. What did the dormitory used to be?
(a) A gymnasium.
(b) A cafeteria.
(c) A dance hall.
(d) A classroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is everyone jealous of Janine in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 2, where do Offred and her companion go before returning home?

3. According to Chapter 6, what is one Bible story that the Commander reads?

4. What stuffed animal did Offred’s daughter take with her?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What fate has Janine avoided by having the baby?

2. What is the role of the Marthas?

3. What is wrong with how Offred kisses the Commander, in his view?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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