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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is notable about the tattoo Daisy gets in Chapter 33?

2. According to Ada in Chapter 31, where are Daisy's real parents?

3. Who is safe at Ardua Hall, according to Aunt Lydia In Chapter 37?

4. Who transports Daisy in Chapter 31?

5. What did Aunt Lydia do before the creation of Gilead, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ofkyle? What happens to her in Chapter 18?

2. Who is Shunammite? What upsetting news does Shunammite tell Agnes in Chapter 5?

3. What does Becka intend? How does Aunt Lydia resolve the problem in Chapter 34?

4. What happens when Lydia is brought before Commander Judd for the second time in Chapter 29?

5. What happened the first time she was brought before Commander Judd, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?

6. What happens during class in Chapter 28?

7. Who is Baby Nicole and what does Daisy learn about her in Chapter 8?

8. What does Commander Judd suspect, as he tells Aunt Lydia in Chapter 12? Why does he think this?

9. How does Agnes feel about her upcoming marriage in Chapter 36? What does she plan to do?

10. What happens to Neil and Melanie? What does Daisy learn about herself in Chapter 23?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margaret Atwood, the author of the novel, once wrote, “Reality simply consists of different points of view.” Explain how the novel illustrates this idea.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the Thirteenth Symposium to the novel as a whole. How does this final section to the novel influence the reader’s understanding of the protagonists and their actions?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Agnes and Nicole. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.

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