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WorksheetsThe Handmaid's Tale reading quiz: chapters 25-29
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
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
What workplace was the narrator working at when she is let go? (chapter 28)
An office
A publishers
A university
A library
How does the narrator find out that women can't hold property anymore? (chapter 28)
Moira tells her
It's on the news
She loses her job
Her card doesn't work when she tries to buy cigarettes
How is Moira described as reacting to the new law against women holding property? (chapter 28)
Energetic, gleeful and determined
Furious, incensed and motivated
Upset, lost and confused
Stunned, shocked and angry
Not surprised, stoic and prepared
What didn't the narrator want to do the night women's accounts were frozen? (chapter 28)
Sleep
Make love
Talk to Luke
Read to her daughter
Eat
What high scoring Scrabble word does the narrator play at the start of chapter 29?
Jezebel
Quixotic
Squeeze
Zilch
Puzzle
How does the Commander describe himself when the narrator says she wants to talk about him? (chapter 29)
No one special
Someone more in the time before
Just your average man
Just an ordinary kind of guy
What happened to the previous Handmaid? (chapter 29)
She was taken away by the Eyes
She hanged herself from the light fixture
She slit her wrists with glass from the mirror
She had an Unbaby
What explanation does the Commander give for the previous Handmaid killing herself? (chapter 29)
Serena found out she was visiting the Commander
She couldn't cope with being a Handmaid
She was pregnant and selfishly didn't want to give her baby away
He doesn't give an explanation
When talking to the narrator about the previous Handmaid's suicide, the Commander says "poor girl". To whom is he referring?
The narrator
The previous Handmaid
Cora
Rita
Serena Joy (his wife)
