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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. What is taken from The Clothes Hound in Chapter 11?

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

3. According to the news in Chapter 11, who died in a Toronto condo under suspicious circumstances?

4. According to the narrator of the first chapter, what do croissants represent?

5. What are secateurs?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What tattoo does Daisy get in Chapter 33?

3. What is the Thank Tank? What happened there, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?

4. What strange occurrences happen after Daisy attends the protest in Chapter 11?

5. How does Agnes's clothing change once she is to become a Wife, as described in Chapter 26?

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

7. What happened to Aunt Lydia in the stadium, as she recounts in Chapter 20?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of the subjugation of women.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the importance of the setting to the novel. How does Gilead influence the novel’s plot, characters, and themes?

Essay Topic 3

Appearances in the story can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this story? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.

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