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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 was Offred’s daughter first stolen?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) The laundromat.
(c) On the street.
(d) From her car.

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

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

4. What is strange about the blankets at the center in Chapter 1?
(a) They are uncomfortable.
(b) They say U.S.
(c) They are comfortable.
(d) They are wool.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator compare “date rape” to?

3. What animal does Offred compare herself to when taking a nap?

4. How many babies are currently born disfigured, according to Chapter 8?

5. What does the Commander play with Offred in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what context does Offred see an Econowife?

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

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

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

5. What tone do the women take with Janine?

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

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

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

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

10. Why don’t the Aunts have guns?

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