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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 was the underground’s nickname?
(a) The Freedom Trail.
(b) The Underground Frailroad.
(c) The Bangor Express.
(d) The Woman’s Freeway.

2. According to Chapter 9, what does Offred think about what the Commander has done?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She doesn’t care.
(c) She is horrified.
(d) She can use it to her advantage.

3. To what mythical figure does the professor compare Offred?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Icarus.
(c) Eurydice.
(d) Isis.

4. What does Offred not want to be heard doing in Chapter 9?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Coughing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Running away.

5. Why has Janine been transferred in Chapter 12?
(a) She was jealous.
(b) She went crazy.
(c) There was something wrong with her milk.
(d) There was something wrong with the baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the country blame at first for the upheaval?

2. What month is it when Offred goes to Jezebel’s?

3. How does Serena Joy know what Offred did with the Commander?

4. Where do Ofglen and Offred go together in Chapter 12?

5. How does Serena Joy feel about Offred being taken away in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to former nuns?

2. What is the rumor about how Janine got pregnant?

3. How does Offred feel about her participation in the Salvaging?

4. What form do Offred's prayers take in Chapter 11?

5. Why is the concentration camp documentary important?

6. What might Offred expect after being taken?

7. What is the most likely explanation for the Wife’s presence in the Salvaging?

8. In Chapter 10, what becomes different about Offred’s relationship to Luke, after the changes?

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

10. Where does Offred take the new Ofglen in Chapter 14? Why?

(see the answer keys)

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