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

2. What do the guards in Chapter 1 have that nobody else does?
(a) Cattle prods.
(b) Guns.
(c) Pepper spray.
(d) Clubs.

3. What language does Offred think the message in her room is in Chapter 4?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Latin.
(d) Greek.

4. In Chapter 4, what word does the doctor use that shocks Offred?
(a) Uterus.
(b) Fertile.
(c) Barren.
(d) Sterile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Offred's walk in Chapter 2?

2. What color is Offred’s bathroom?

3. What kind of flower does Offred smell in Chapter 6?

4. What is written on the pillow that Offred finds in Chapter 4?

5. Whose fault do the women say Janine’s rape was?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it significant that the women discuss their names at the beginning of the novel?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What tone do the women take with Janine?

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

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

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

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