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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 Daisy in Chapter 44, what do the Pearl Girls do at night?

2. According to Daisy in Chapter 44, what is she carrying into Gilead?

3. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 41, who is working against Aunt Elizabeth?

4. At the very end of the novel, the Gilead scholar discusses a statue honoring whom?

5. What do Agnes and Becka catch Jade doing in Chapter 56?

Short Essay Questions

1. What troubling concerns does Aunt Vidala voice in Chapter 52?

2. What happens when Daisy arrives in Gilead in Chapter 45?

3. In Chapter 50, what does Agnes learn about the Concubine Cut into Twelve Pieces? What is her reaction?

4. What does Commander Judd demand in Chapter 59? Why?

5. How does Becka die, as described in Chapter 68? What does Aunt Lydia think about her death?

6. What information does Aunt Lydia tell Commander Judd in Chapter 46?

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

8. What information does Agnes receive in Chapter 56? How does she come by this information?

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

10. What happens during the Particicution in Chapter 46?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Agnes experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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