The Handmaid's Tale ch. 40-43 Reading Quiz

What does Serena Joy do while Offred and Nick have sex?

• waits in the kitchen

• watches from the corner of the room

• keeps watch at the Commander's bedroom door

• sleeps in Offred's room

What does Offred do that she refers to as "not behaving well?"

• steals small things from the Commander's study

• visits Nick without Serena Joy knowing

• forgets her real name

• envies Moira

Why does Offred feel that she doesn't want to leave Gilead when Ofglen presents her with the possibility?

• She doesn't want to leave without Luke

• She's scared she'll be caught like Moira

• She wants to stay with Nick

• She can't bring herself to leave her daughter

What change to the ceremony of the Salvagings makes the Handmaids upset?

• The crimes of the accused won't be read

• The accused won't be allowed to say goodbye to their loves ones

• The Handmaids won't be allowed to attend

• The Wives will be allowed to do whatever they want during the ceremony

What is the purpose of the rope that is spread throughout the audience of the Salvaging?

• It opens the trapdoor beneath the accused women

• It symbolizes the confinement of the women

• It is used to restrain the audience in case of a riot

• It shows the audience's complicity in the deaths

Why does Ofglen rush to attack the convicted Guardian first?

• to get away from Offred

• to appear devoted to the cause

• to put him out of his misery

• to punish him for raping a Handmaid