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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. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 41, who is working against Aunt Elizabeth?
(a) Aunt Immortelle.
(b) Aunt Vidala.
(c) Commander Judd.
(d) Aunt Lydia.

2. Where do Daisy and Garth sleep in Chapter 43?
(a) Outside a store.
(b) In a car.
(c) On the side of the road.
(d) Under a bridge.

3. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 59, whom does Aunt Vidala describe as a defection risk?
(a) Aunt Victoria.
(b) Aunt Helena.
(c) Jade.
(d) Aunt Immortelle.

4. What does Aunt Lydia ask Aunt Elizabeth to do in Chapter 41?
(a) Dishonor her father.
(b) Take the Lord's name in vain.
(c) Bear false witness.
(d) Covet her neighbor's goods.

5. According to Becka in Chapter 60, how will she think of the fleeing girls?
(a) As foxes.
(b) As birds.
(c) As tigers.
(d) As shooting stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job is Agnes given after becoming a Supplicant in Chapter 49?

2. What name does Daisy start using in Chapter 42?

3. At the very end of the novel, the Gilead scholar discusses a statue honoring whom?

4. How early are Agnes and Nicole forced to leave, as Agnes explains in Chapter 60?

5. What type of figurative language is the phrase, "kick the bucket"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aunt Lydia likely die, as described in Chapter 71?

2. How does Nicole adapt to life in Gilead at the beginning of Section XX? What does she find difficult?

3. What happens to Aunt Vidala in Chapter 65?

4. What troubling concerns does Aunt Vidala voice in Chapter 52?

5. How is Dr. Grove finally brought to justice in Chapter 46?

6. What happens when Agnes and Becka are summoned to Aunt Lydia's office in Chapter 58?

7. What information does Aunt Lydia tell Commander Judd in Chapter 46?

8. What happens aboard the Nellie J. Banks?

9. Who was Aunt Lily? What happened to her, according to Becka in Chapter 48?

10. What startling information regarding Commander Judd is given to Agnes in Chapter 51? How does she come by this information? What is her reaction?

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