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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. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 34, who is responsible for the offerings left at the base of her statue?
2. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 24, what did the Pearl Girls in Canada notice prior to Aunt Adrianna's death?
3. According to Aunt Lydia in Chapter 29, which of the four Founding Aunts seemed a true Gilead convert?
4. Who rescues Daisy in Chapter 10?
5. According to Aunt Vidala in Chapter 29, who is leaving the offerings at Lydia's statue?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Ofkyle? What happens to her in Chapter 18?
2. What are some odd things Daisy notices about her parents, as explained in Chapter 9?
3. How does Agnes's clothing change once she is to become a Wife, as described in Chapter 26?
4. How does Agnes feel about her upcoming marriage in Chapter 36? What does she plan to do?
5. What is the motto of Ardua Hall? What does it mean, as explained in Chapter 6?
6. What happens to Neil and Melanie? What does Daisy learn about herself in Chapter 23?
7. What is the Thank Tank? What happened there, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?
8. What "experiment" does Aunt Lydia perform in Chapter 34? What are the results?
9. What happened the first time she was brought before Commander Judd, as Aunt Lydia explains in Chapter 24?
10. Who are the Founding Aunts, and what are Lydia's first impressions of them in Chapter 29?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Agnes and Nicole. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using alternating perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of Aunt Lydia, Agnes, and Nicole affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one perspective?
Essay Topic 3
Mothers are very important in the novel. How has Gilead’s totalitarianism affected the nature of motherhood?
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