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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. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 24, who killed Aunt Adrianna?

2. Who rescues Daisy in Chapter 10?

3. About what does Agnes say she wants to see Aunt Lorna in Chapter 37?

4. What is the name of the baby taken from Gilead, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?

5. What name does Becka go by once she becomes a Supplicant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened the first time she was brought before Commander Judd, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?

2. What happens during class in Chapter 28?

3. What tattoo does Daisy get in Chapter 33?

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

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

6. What does Commander Judd suspect, as he tells Aunt Lydia in Chapter 12? Why does he think this?

7. What are some odd things Daisy notices about her parents, as explained in Chapter 9?

8. What does Garth teach Daisy in Chapter 33? What does Ada teach her?

9. What happens when Lydia is brought before Commander Judd for the second time in Chapter 29?

10. Who is Agnes Jemima? What does her name mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the story of the Concubine Cut into Twelve Pieces reflect the characters of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

At what point in the story does it become clear that Aunt Lydia is the source? Are her methods admirable? Answer, providing examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

How does the novel mirror the present day? What similarities exist between the real and the fictional world? What differences?

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