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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 did Aunt Lydia do before the creation of Gilead, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) She was a family court judge.
(b) She was a prosecutor.
(c) She was a corrections officer.
(d) She was a paralegal.

2. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 34, who is responsible for the offerings left at the base of her statue?
(a) Aunt Vidala.
(b) Aunt Elizabeth.
(c) Aunt Lydia.
(d) Commander Judd.

3. According to the narrator of the first chapter, what do oranges represent?
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Protection.
(d) Security.

4. Where is Agnes taken in Chapter 38?
(a) Commander Kyle's office.
(b) Commander Judd's house.
(c) A doctor's office.
(d) Ardua Hall.

5. According to the narrator of the second chapter, what two colors did Gileadean schoolgirls wear?
(a) Gray and teal.
(b) Green and white.
(c) Pink and plum.
(d) Black and red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Lydia like to save for a rainy day, as she explains in Chapter 34?

2. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 20, how were the arrested women sorted?

3. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 12, what is the name of the group dedicated to smuggling people out of Gilead?

4. Who is safe at Ardua Hall, according to Aunt Lydia In Chapter 37?

5. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 29, how did she show her loyalty to Gilead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Aunt Immortelle? What can she do that Agnes cannot, as Agnes describes in Chapter 39?

2. What happens to Neil and Melanie? What does Daisy learn about herself in Chapter 23?

3. Who are the Founding Aunts, and what are Lydia's first impressions of them in Chapter 29?

4. Who is Daisy and what does the reader learn about her in Chapter 7?

5. Who are the Aunts? How are the Aunts described in Chapter 2 and 3?

6. Who is the narrator of the Holograph, as revealed in Chapter 6? Where is the Holograph hidden?

7. What is the motto of Ardua Hall? What does it mean, as explained in Chapter 6?

8. Who is the source? How does the source communicate with Mayday, as explained in Chapter 32?

9. Who is Ofkyle? What happens to her in Chapter 18?

10. What happens during class in Chapter 28?

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