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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Luke?

2. How is Offred officially identified?

3. Where does the narrator go in Chapter 3?

4. What did Moira use as a weapon in Chapter 8?

5. What language does Offred think the message in her room is in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, What does the message in Offred’s room say?

2. How is Offred’s role different from that of the Commander’s Wife?

3. In what context does Offred see an Econowife?

4. What tone do the women take with Janine?

5. What is the role of the Marthas?

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

7. How does the narrator feel about the Commander’s House in Chapter 2? Describe her surroundings as well as her reactions to them.

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

9. Why is the doctor’s offer to Offred in Chapter 4 tempting?

10. What does Offred do after exercising in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Offred’s daughter is one of the most important people in her life, though they are no longer together. Describe what Offred’s daughter’s life might be like at the moment. How are children important in Gilead, and what is Offred’s daughter’s most likely fate?

Essay Topic 2

Along with her daughter, Offred thinks about Luke quite a lot. What were Luke’s dominant characteristics? How do these support or go against characteristics prevalent in the society of Gilead? Finally, what (in your opinion) was Luke’s fate?

Essay Topic 3

Offred seems to be trapped throughout the book, though other characters have different paths. What choices were available to women in Gilead? How do these compare to the choices that men had in determining their fates?

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