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

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

3. According to Becka in Chapter 60, how will she think of the fleeing girls?

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

5. Where do Daisy and Garth sleep in Chapter 43?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does Aunt Lydia learn about Becka in Chapter 41? How does she learn this information?

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

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

5. What happens during the Particicution in Chapter 46?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Aunt Lydia and Aunt Vidala. How are they similar, and how are they different? How are they powerful, and how are they powerless?

Essay Topic 3

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

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