The Handmaid's Tale reading quiz: chapters 25-29

Why does chapter 25 begin with "a scream and a crash"?

• Cora drops the breakfast tray when she sees Offed on the cupboard floor

• Rita drops the dinner tray when she sees Luke in Offred's room

• The Commander's Wife trips and falls down the stairs

• Rita drops a vase of flowers when she is startled by hearing Offred laughing

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which of the following (select as many answers you think are correct) are a signal that Offred should go to see the Commander that night? (chapter 25)

• Nick polishing the car with his hat on askew when Offred sets out to go shopping

• Nick polishing the car with no hat on when Offred sets out to go shopping

• Nick standing by the car with his hat on straight when Offred returns from shopping

• Nick polishing the car with his hat on straight when Offred sets out to go shopping

• Nick standing by the car with his hat on askew when Offred sets out shopping

What does the Commander give Offred because he "thought she might like to look at it" and "who else could he show it to"? (chapter 25)

• An old copy of Vogue magazine

• A photo album

• An old copy of The Boston Herald newspaper

• A copy of George Orwell's book 1984

• Hand lotion

What does Offred ask the Commander to get for her? (chapter 25)

• A nail file

• A photo of her daughter

• Hand lotion

• Recent news

• Tampons

Offred worries the Commander could have given her away during the Ceremony by reaching his hand as if to touch her face. When she tells him not to do it again, his reason is he finds the Ceremony...? (chapter 26)

• Uncomfortable

• Awkward

• Lonely

• Impersonal

• Aggressive

In chapter 27 we learn about Soul Scrolls, where machines ("Holy Rollers") print out prayers that people order. Which of the following are the five types of prayer that can be ordered?

• For health, wealth, a death, a birth, a sin.

• For health, happiness, a death, a birth, forgiveness.

• For wealth, happiness, a birth, recovery from illness, a sin.

• For a death, a birth, an illness, a sin, for Gilead.

What does Ofglen whisper outside Soul Scrolls that the narrator blasphemously answers 'No' to? (chapter 27)

• Do you believe in God?

• Do you think God answers these prayers?

• Do you think God cares?

• Do you think God listens to these machines?

• Do you think God sees us?

What is the narrator relieved about when she sees the man taken away in the van by the Eyes? (chapter 27)

• That it wasn't Luke

• That it wasn't her

• That it wasn't Ofglen

• She isn't relieved; she's horrified

• That it wasn't a woman

In chapter 28 we learn some of how the new society came into being. How was the government overthrown?

• A bomb killed the President and Congress

• A military coup

• The President and Congress were shot

• Supporters of a new regime were voted into positions of power and slowly infiltrated the government

• An easily-manipulated TV personality was elected President

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What workplace was the narrator working at when she is let go? (chapter 28)

• An office

• A publishers

• A university

• A library

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9