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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Latin phrase really mean?
(a) Keep it up.
(b) Don’t let the bastards get you down.
(c) My name is Alma.
(d) One day, you’ll be free.

2. What does Offred do before the van comes in Chapter 15?
(a) Tries to escape.
(b) Tries to kill herself.
(c) Waits for them.
(d) Tries to warn Nick.

3. What is the big thing that Serena Joy offers Offred in Chapter 12?
(a) A knitted scarf.
(b) Her own garden.
(c) A letter from Luke.
(d) A picture of her daughter.

4. What does Ofglen tell Offred in Chapter 12?
(a) The password.
(b) Where Moira is.
(c) Where Luke is.
(d) A French translation.

5. What is strange about the Salvaging?
(a) It is for women only.
(b) It has religious overtones.
(c) Nobody is killed.
(d) It is for men only.

6. What did Ofglen do to the man in the second part of the Salvaging?
(a) Hit him on the head.
(b) Gave him advice.
(c) Beat him brutally.
(d) Gave him an injection.

7. Where do Ofglen and Offred go together in Chapter 12?
(a) To a hanging.
(b) To church.
(c) To a wedding.
(d) To another birthing.

8. What is the second part of the Salvaging called?
(a) Part B.
(b) The Trial.
(c) The Particicution.
(d) The Prayvaganza.

9. In Chapter 12, what does Ofglen want Offred to do with the Commander?
(a) Stop seeing him.
(b) Tell him what she thinks.
(c) Use him for information.
(d) Fulfil his fantasies.

10. What does Offred tell Nick in Chapter 14, which might be dangerous?
(a) To look for Luke.
(b) What she has done with the Commander.
(c) Her real name.
(d) That she loves him.

11. What of Serena Joy’s does Offred covet?
(a) Her gardening shears.
(b) Her perfume.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her paintings.

12. What does the Commander offer to Offred in Chapter 10?
(a) Privacy.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Her own game.
(d) A magazine.

13. What piece of dinnerware does Offred not get in Chapter 12?
(a) A plate.
(b) A fork.
(c) A knife.
(d) A spoon.

14. What did the old Ofglen see that made her kill herself?
(a) Aunt Lydia.
(b) Her Commander’s Wife.
(c) A van.
(d) Her Commander.

15. To what mythical figure does the professor compare Offred?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Isis.
(c) Eurydice.
(d) Persephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Serena Joy suggest that Offred sleep with?

2. What is the new order for women supposed to inspire, according to the Aunts?

3. How often do the girls get a break, according to Chapter 12?

4. What is the small thing that Serena Joy offers Offred in Chapter 12?

5. Who does Offred see out of her window in Chapter 11?

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