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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 Aunt Lydia in Chapter 59, whom does Aunt Vidala report is untrustworthy?

2. According to Agnes in Chapter 49, once accepted as a Supplicant, she is granted access to what?

3. What does Aunt Lydia ask Aunt Elizabeth to do in Chapter 41?

4. According to Agnes in Chapter 49, as her knowledge increased, so too did what?

5. According to Agnes in Chapter 52, why is she given the crime folders?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Aunt Vidala in Chapter 65?

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

3. What do Agnes and Becka think about Jade at the beginning of Section XX?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is the source? How will the document cache be transported, as explained in Chapter 57?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of the subjugation of women.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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