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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. Who kills Aunt Vidala in Chapter 68?

2. Whom does Aunt Lydia quote at the end of her manuscript in Chapter 71?

3. Where is Becka found in Chapter 68?

4. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 46, who fainted during the Particicution?

5. Where is Aunt Vidala in Chapter 65?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when the girls arrive in Portsmouth in Chapter 62?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss how Cardinal Newman’s Apologia is a suitable hiding spot for Lydia’s manuscript. How is the Ardua Hall Holograph a defense of Lydia’s life, and how is it not? Is it successful?

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