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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 did Offred store her documentation?
(a) In a U.S. army trunk.
(b) In a Canadian army trunk.
(c) In a backpack.
(d) In a suitcase.

2. What does the Commander try to do during the second Ceremony?
(a) Touch Offred’s face.
(b) Kiss Offred.
(c) Get his wife to leave.
(d) Talk to Offred.

3. What does Cora think has happened when she sees Offred on the floor in Chapter 10?
(a) That Offred is dead.
(b) That she is hurt.
(c) That she is hiding something.
(d) That she has fallen.

4. Who was the man in the second part of the Salvaging, according to Ofglen?
(a) A political enemy of the state.
(b) A rapist.
(c) A murderer.
(d) A religious criminal.

5. Who accompanies Offred through the yard to Nick’s in Chapter 13?
(a) The Commander.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Serena Joy.
(d) Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ofglen start to think about Offred in Chapter 14?

2. What does Nick tell Offred in Chapter 15?

3. What does Offred think might happen in Chapter 14?

4. What is the name of the organization that tried to help Moira escape?

5. What is Moira dressed as in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Commander offer Offred a gift in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 9, what is new about the way Offred reads the message on her wall?

3. What might Offred expect after being taken?

4. How do women come to work at Jezebel’s?

5. Why is the concentration camp documentary important?

6. Why does the story about the cat in Chapter 11 matter?

7. Why is Nick becoming a significant character by Chapter 11?

8. According to the professor in Chapter 15, what might have happened to Offred?

9. Why does Offred think about her age and height in Chapter 9?

10. Why does Serena Joy think that Offred ‘might as well’ sleep with Nick?

(see the answer keys)

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