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

2. According to Aunt Vidala in Chapter 29, who is leaving the offerings at Lydia's statue?

3. According to Ada in Chapter 31, where are Daisy's real parents?

4. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 29, which of the four Founding Aunts seized control during their first meeting with Commander Judd?

5. What does Paula tell Agnes in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when Agnes meets Paula at the Schlfly Café in Chapter 40?

8. How does Agnes feel about her upcoming marriage in Chapter 36? What does she plan to do?

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

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

Margaret Atwood, the author of the novel, once wrote, “Reality simply consists of different points of view.” Explain how the novel illustrates this idea.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Aunt Lydia’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is she a kind person? In what ways is she a ruthless one?

Essay Topic 3

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

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