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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 the name of the house where Daisy stays in Chapter 22?
2. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 12, whose Wives frequently die?
3. According to the narrator of the first chapter, what do oranges represent?
4. What behavior, which will be unacceptable in Gilead, does Daisy have trouble controlling in Chapter 33?
5. According to Ada in Chapter 31, where are Daisy's real parents?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Becka intend? How does Aunt Lydia resolve the problem in Chapter 34?
2. What strange occurrences happen after Daisy attends the protest in Chapter 11?
3. What are some odd things Daisy notices about her parents, as explained in Chapter 9?
4. Who are the Aunts? How are the Aunts described in Chapter 2 and 3?
5. What is the motto of Ardua Hall? What does it mean, as explained in Chapter 6?
6. What are Daisy's options, as discussed in Chapter 32? Where can she go? Where can she not go?
7. Who is Daisy and what does the reader learn about her in Chapter 7?
8. Who is Ofkyle? What happens to her in Chapter 18?
9. What is the Thank Tank? What happened there, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?
10. How does Agnes's clothing change once she is to become a Wife, as described in Chapter 26?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The antagonist of a novel is a character who stands in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? Aunt Vidala? Commander Judd? Gilead itself? How does having three protagonists affect your decision? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of an antagonist.
Essay Topic 2
Aunt Lydia finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.
Essay Topic 3
Mothers are very important in the novel. How has Gilead’s totalitarianism affected the nature of motherhood?
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