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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 month is it when Offred goes to Jezebel’s?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) August.

2. What is another role that Nick had, according to Chapter 15?
(a) He was an Eye.
(b) He was a Guardian.
(c) He was a soldier.
(d) He was an officer.

3. What of Serena Joy’s does Offred covet?
(a) Her gardening shears.
(b) Her perfume.
(c) Her paintings.
(d) Her husband.

4. How tall is Offred?
(a) 5 feet, 5 inches.
(b) 5 feet, 7 inches.
(c) 5 feet even.
(d) 5 feet, 2 inches.

5. How did Serena Joy get the photo, according to Offred in Chapter 12?
(a) Through the Wives.
(b) Through the Marthas.
(c) Through the Commander.
(d) Through the Handmaids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the professor cite as a precursor to Gilead?

2. What happened to the last of the Commander’s Handmaids?

3. According to Chapter 9, what does Offred think about what the Commander has done?

4. Where was Offred's documentation found?

5. What piece of dinnerware does Offred not get in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Offred characterize the spring, particularly May?

3. Describe Janine’s behavior at the Salvaging.

4. How does Offred react when she is taken in Chapter 15?

5. How does the professor describe Nick’s role?

6. Why is Ofglen’s question about Soul Scrolls subversive?

7. What is Serena’s reaction to the cape in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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