Plot
Where does Offred stash the butter she had stolen?
Her shoe
Who says, "He wants to see you in his office"?
Nick
The walls of the Commander's study are lined with what?
Bookshelves
Identify the figurative language used in this sentence: "Crouching like that, she's like a doll, an old one that's been pillaged and discarded, in some corner, akimbo.
Simile
Unbabies
What does Offred want to do at the beginning of Chapter 17? This is why she leaves her room.
Steal something
Who says, "I want to go outside"?
Janine
To whose house is the birthmobile taking Offred and the other handmaids for a Birth Day?
Commander Warren's
What type of figurative language is used in this quote: "Pleasure is an egg."
Metaphor
What color is the Wives' birthmobile?
Blue
What does Offred do in the Commander's house that could be risky?
Who said, "You are a transitional generation"?
Aunt Lydia
What does Offred notice carved into the desks at the Red Center?
Initials of students in relationships. ____ loves ___
What is the literary device employed in this quote: "I will greatly multiply thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children."
Allusion
Also mentioned early in the novel, Offred is particularly enticed by what food item laid out for the wives attending Janine's Birth Day?
Oranges
What is the name of Ofwarren's (Janine) child?
Angela
Offred's mother
At the Red Center, the handmaids are shown videos in this specific classroom.
The Domestic Science classroom
"Buttered, I lie on my single bed, flat, like a piece of toast."
Identify the type of figurative language and explain how it is symbolic.
Simile
Compares the narrator to a piece of toast because the handmaids are viewed as commodoties or resources to be consumed.
What is the van with doctors and medical equipment that waits outside during Janine's Birth Day called?
The Emerge van
The narrator uses this word several times in Chapter 23 as she tries to make sense of her meeting with the Commander
Who says, "What's your real name?"
Alma
The true name of the Red Center.
The Rachel and Leah Center
What is the symbolic nature of nighttime in Offred's room?
Rebellion or freedom
In the protest video shown to the handmaids in the Red Center, Offred sees this phrase written on a bedsheet, which is the name of a feminist protest movement.
Take Back the Night