Handmaids Tale 8-13

1.     In the time before, what did Offred throw in the fire at her mother’s encouragement?

• a dictionary

• a.     A spanner (also known as a wrench)

• Her dolly

• A magazine

In the time before, Luke explains the meaning of mayday to Offred.  What is the origin of the expression?

• French

• German

• Latin

• Spanish

Why is the nighttime important to Offred?

• She reads books without anyone knowing

• She can do what she likes, so long as she is quiet

• She has whispered conversations through the wall with her neighbour

• She writes in her secret diary

  What is “the right farewell” to say to someone in Gilead?

• Under His Eyes

• Until we meet again

• His will be done

• So say we all

What is one of the first things that Offred does when she first in her new waiting/bedroom?

•    She repaints the room a more cheerful colour.

• She explores the room section by section.          

• She scratches tally marks behind the dresser, marking each day she has been there.

• She moves the stained mattress into the hall, and requests a new one.

Who is Moira?

•   One of the Marthas

•   A Guardian

• Offred’s college friend

• The Commander’s Wife

Who is Luke?

• The man Offred had an affair with

• The driver

• The Master

• Moira's husband

1.     What behaviour has been outlawed as a punishable offence?

• Humming and singing

• Talking in rhyme

• Asking someone how their are

• Reading of any kind

1.     Where was Offred taken by the Guardians?

• The doctor's office

• The immigration office

• The courhouse

• The school gym

About what does Offred daydream as she is in the bathtub?

• She thinks about when her daughter was eleventh-month old.

• She daydreams of how proud her father was when she was graduated high school.

• She remembers when she and her mother went to the park together for a picnic

• She recalls when her grandmother died in hospital