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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. Whom do Agnes and Nicole meet while fleeing in Chapter 61?

2. Where is Daisy taken immediately upon her arrival in Gilead in Chapter 45?

3. During Chapter 55, Daisy experiences great anxiety regarding what?

4. Who is forced to hide herself, as Agnes explains in Chapter 60?

5. What goal of Jade's do Agnes and Becka find shocking in Chapter 54?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Agnes react to the arrival of Jade in Chapter 47?

2. How is Dr. Grove finally brought to justice in Chapter 46?

3. Who was Aunt Lily? What happened to her, according to Becka in Chapter 48?

4. How does Nicole's situation become increasingly more dire in Chapters 69 and 70? Who provides a surprising form of help in Chapter 70?

5. How does Aunt Vidala likely die, as described in Chapter 68?

6. What do scholars think about the testimonies of Agnes, Nicole, and Aunt Lydia, as recounted in the Thirteenth Symposium?

7. What plan is hatched in Chapter 60 for the transport of Nicole back to Canada?

8. How does Daisy get the attention of the Pearl Girls in Chapter 42?

9. What startling information regarding Paula is given to Agnes in Chapter 51? How does she come by this information?

10. What happens after the delivery of the document cache, as described in both Chapter 70 and the Thirteenth Symposium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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