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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 the file she is given in Chapter 56, Agnes is able to see whom?

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

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

4. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 52, who suddenly appears deathly ill?

5. How does Daisy describe the Handmaids in Chapter 53?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who tries to stop the girls from leaving in Chapter 61? What happens?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens to Aunt Vidala in Chapter 65?

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

10. What happens when Agnes and Becka are summoned to Aunt Lydia's office in Chapter 58?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of the Thirteenth Symposium to the novel as a whole. How does this final section to the novel influence the reader’s understanding of the protagonists and their actions?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Agnes and Nicole. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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