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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When will Offred take the doctor up on his offer in Chapter 4?
(a) Never.
(b) She does in Chapter 4.
(c) Perhaps later.
(d) She already has.

2. Who is pregnant in Chapter 2?
(a) Ofglen.
(b) Offred.
(c) Ofwarren.
(d) The Commander’s Wife.

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

4. What does Offred think happened to Luke?
(a) She doesn’t know.
(b) He was killed.
(c) He has escaped.
(d) He is in jail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 3, what does the narrator see when she is drugged, later?

2. What do the Japanese ask the narrator in Chapter 2?

3. What do the women in the center whisper to each other at night?

4. What are the Japanese doing in the city in Chapter 2?

5. How many babies are currently born disfigured, according to Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Commander act before and during the ceremony in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 7, where does Offred think that Luke really is?

3. What does Offred do after exercising in Chapter 5?

4. If Luke is in jail in Chapter 7, what happened to him?

5. Why does Offred have to be especially careful on this assignment, according to Chapter 2?

6. What happened to Serena Joy that was traumatic in her earlier life?

7. What does Offred’s mother say about her father?

8. Who is the girl in the photograph in Chapter 3, and how does the narrator respond to seeing it?

9. In what context does Offred see an Econowife?

10. Why don’t the Aunts have guns?

(see the answer keys)

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