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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 Agnes in Chapter 50, what caused her to have a crisis of faith?
2. According to Agnes in Chapter 47, what did the older Aunts have that the younger generation did not?
3. According to Agnes in Chapter 49, once accepted as a Supplicant, she is granted access to what?
4. In Chapter 68, who becomes enraged at the loss of Baby Nicole?
5. According to Agnes in Chapter 60, they decide to make it seem as though Nicole has run off with what type of person?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who tries to stop the girls from leaving in Chapter 61? What happens?
2. What happens after the delivery of the document cache, as described in both Chapter 70 and the Thirteenth Symposium?
3. What information does Aunt Lydia tell Commander Judd in Chapter 46?
4. What happens when Daisy arrives in Gilead in Chapter 45?
5. How does Becka die, as described in Chapter 68? What does Aunt Lydia think about her death?
6. What happens to Aunt Vidala in Chapter 65?
7. How do the girls react to their change of clothing, as seen in Chapters 62 and 63?
8. What information does Agnes receive in Chapter 56? How does she come by this information?
9. What startling information regarding Commander Judd is given to Agnes in Chapter 51? How does she come by this information? What is her reaction?
10. What happens aboard the Nellie J. Banks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The power of information and knowledge is a major theme of the novel. Choose three situations in which the power of information is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates the power of information and knowledge.
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
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using alternating perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of Aunt Lydia, Agnes, and Nicole affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one perspective?
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