The word game that Offred plays with the Commander.
What is Scrabble?
100
Gilead’s secret police force.
What are the Eyes?
100
If you see one of these driving down the street towards you, it’s already too late.
What is a black van?
100
“I almost made it out. They got me as far up as Salem, then in a truck full of chickens to Maine.”
Who is Moira?
100
The ____________ of women’s clothing are used to mark their positions/status in Gilead.
What are colors?
200
Women gather at this event for the weddings of the Daughters; a combination of two words, one of which is “prayer.”
What is a Prayvaganza?
200
According to the Republic of Gilead, gay people are guilty of this crime.
What is gender treachery?
200
Because Handmaids aren’t allowed to read, they’re sent grocery shopping with these instead of a list.
What are tokens with pictures on them?
200
“I'm a cloud, congealed around a central object, the shape of a pear, which is hard and more real than I am and glows red within its translucent wrapping.”
Who is Offred?
200
Hanging bodies here is a way to frighten Gilead’s citizens into continued submission.
What is the Wall?
300
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum, in English.
What is "don't let the bastards grind you down?"
300
Gilead executes doctors who once performed this procedure.
What is abortion?
300
Shockingly, the Aunts carry these to keep “the girls” in line.
What are cattle prods?
300
“There is more than one kind of freedom…Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.”
Who is Aunt Lydia?
300
Offred frequently eats these, which represent fertility and new life.
What are eggs?
400
Another, harsher term for an “unbaby.”
What is a shredder?
400
During this event, the Handmaids are permitted to kill a criminal with their bare hands.
What is a Particicution?
400
This is kept in Serena Joy’s sitting room and used pre-Ceremony, locked away so that the women can’t read it.
What is the Bible?
400
“Little whores, all of them, but still, you can’t be choosy. You take what they hand out, right, girls?”
Who is Serena Joy?
400
This organ represents the constant watchfulness of God and the government.
What is the eye?
500
Offred’s story is discovered on approximately 30 of these.
What are cassette tapes?
500
During this event, criminals are publicly hanged.
What is a Salvaging?
500
During a salvaging, women are expected to touch this to symbolize their consent to, and complicity in, the execution.
What is the hanging rope?
500
“We know you’re seeing him alone.”
Who is Ofglen?
500
Using this strange moisturizer to keep her skin soft helps Offred feel that one day she’ll be free again, and loved.