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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. According to Daisy in Chapter 44, what do the Pearl Girls do at night?
(a) Lock her bedroom door.
(b) Pray.
(c) Go out.
(d) Watch violent movies.

2. How does Aunt Lydia plan to get Baby Nicole back to Canada, according to Agnes in Chapter 58?
(a) Nicole will pose as a Pearl Girl.
(b) Nicole will fake her own death.
(c) Nicole will pose as a Guardian.
(d) Aunt Lydia will marry Nicole to Commander Judd.

3. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 60, if the girls reach Canada, they will likely meet whom?
(a) Ada.
(b) Garth.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Melanie.

4. According to the file she is given in Chapter 56, Agnes is able to see whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

5. What does Nicole notice about her mother in Chapter 70?
(a) She smells right.
(b) She feels right.
(c) She looks right.
(d) She sounds right.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the very end of the novel, the Gilead scholar discusses a statue honoring whom?

2. According to Becka in Chapter 60, how will she think of the fleeing girls?

3. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 60, the success of the entire mission depends on whom?

4. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 59, whom does Aunt Vidala report is untrustworthy?

5. How does Aunt Lydia describe herself in Chapter 46?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 50, what does Agnes learn about the Concubine Cut into Twelve Pieces? What is her reaction?

3. What happens aboard the Nellie J. Banks?

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

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

6. How does Aunt Lydia likely die, as described in Chapter 71?

7. What startling information regarding Paula is given to Agnes in Chapter 51? How does she come by this information?

8. What does Commander Judd demand in Chapter 59? Why?

9. Who was Aunt Lily? What happened to her, according to Becka in Chapter 48?

10. What do scholars think about the testimonies of Agnes, Nicole, and Aunt Lydia, as recounted in the Thirteenth Symposium?

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