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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Offred’s mother when she had the baby?
(a) 32.
(b) 18.
(c) 37.
(d) 25.

2. Where was Offred’s daughter first stolen?
(a) On the street.
(b) From her car.
(c) The laundromat.
(d) At the grocery store.

3. What is one kind of film the women watched at the center?
(a) Feature films.
(b) Newsreels.
(c) Cartoons.
(d) Pornography.

4. What kind of guerrillas does Offred see on the television in Chapter 6?
(a) Muslims.
(b) Quakers.
(c) Jews.
(d) Baptists.

5. What is the ritual called when the women confess sexual ‘sins’ to one another?
(a) Testifying.
(b) Coming Clean.
(c) Wiping the Slate.
(d) Confession.

6. What does Offred look for at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Luke’s body.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Angels.
(d) Her husband.

7. What was off-putting about the last man Offred worked for?
(a) His body.
(b) His voice.
(c) His face.
(d) His smell.

8. What is special about the day in Chapter 4?
(a) It is the first of May.
(b) It is bath day.
(c) It is the ceremony day.
(d) It is Offred’s birthday.

9. In Chapter 3, what does the narrator think might have happened to her daughter?
(a) She was killed.
(b) She ran away.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) She was kidnapped.

10. Where did Moira make her escape attempt in Chapter 8?
(a) The gymnasium.
(b) The Aunts’ office.
(c) The washroom.
(d) The dormitory.

11. Why is everyone jealous of Janine in Chapter 2?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She has more freedom.
(d) She is rich.

12. What surrounded the center?
(a) An electric fence.
(b) A barbed-wire fence.
(c) Hundreds of guards.
(d) A forest.

13. What is written on the pillow that Offred finds in Chapter 4?
(a) Faith.
(b) Hope.
(c) Peace.
(d) Charity.

14. How many babies are currently born disfigured, according to Chapter 8?
(a) One in five.
(b) One in four.
(c) One in ten.
(d) One in two.

15. What did the narrator do as a little girl?
(a) Burned a porn magazine.
(b) Burned her letters.
(c) Burned photographs.
(d) Burned her bra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Aunt Lydia question about Moira in Chapter 8?

2. What is the purpose of Offred's walk in Chapter 2?

3. What is different about the Wives’ birthmobile?

4. Who is having the baby in Chapter 8?

5. Who does the narrator go shopping with in Chapter 2?

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