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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. To which period did Offred belong?
(a) Early Gilead.
(b) Late Gilead.
(c) Middle Gilead.
(d) The present day.

2. How does Serena Joy know what Offred did with the Commander?
(a) She heard rumors.
(b) She asked the Marthas.
(c) She went to Jezebel’s.
(d) She sees lipstick on her cape.

3. How were Handmaids’ names formed in Gilead?
(a) From the names of their Commanders.
(b) From their father’s names.
(c) By the Wives.
(d) From the masculine versions of their original names.

4. Who accompanies Offred through the yard to Nick’s in Chapter 13?
(a) Nobody.
(b) The Commander.
(c) Nick.
(d) Serena Joy.

5. What does Cora think has happened when she sees Offred on the floor in Chapter 10?
(a) That she has fallen.
(b) That she is hurt.
(c) That she is hiding something.
(d) That Offred is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Offred’s mother now, according to Chapter 12?

2. What tone does Offred read into the message on her wall in Chapter 9?

3. What was Offred’s job before?

4. How old is Offred?

5. What does Offred do before the van comes in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ofglen’s question about Soul Scrolls subversive?

2. How do women come to work at Jezebel’s?

3. Why does Serena Joy think that Offred ‘might as well’ sleep with Nick?

4. What has happened to former nuns?

5. What is the most likely explanation for the Wife’s presence in the Salvaging?

6. What are Offred's plans in Chapter 9?

7. Why does the Commander offer Offred a gift in Chapter 10?

8. What happened to Luke, according to the professor?

9. What is Serena’s reaction to the cape in Chapter 14?

10. Describe Janine’s behavior at the Salvaging.

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