Plot
Quotes
Characters
Lit. Devices
Gilead
100

In a flashback, this character runs to Offred for a hug.

Her daughter

100

Who tells Janine to "Keep [her] ears open"?

Aunt Lydia

100

What guardian kisses Offred?

Nick

100

Name the type of figurative language: "Small pebbles of calcium are defined by sunlight, like craters on the moon."

Simile

100

Those in charge of naming newborn babies

Wives

200

What is the game the Commander asks Offred to play in his study?

Scrabble

200

Who thinks: "God knows what they've put him in."

Offred

200

Seen in a protest

Offred's mother

200

Figurative language used in the quote: "Pleasure is an egg."

Metaphor

200

Fertility rates are exceedingly low in Gilead because of this phenomenon.

Pollution

300

What did Offred steal from the sitting room?

A dried daffodil

300

Who says: "What are you doing here?"

Nick

300

Who said, "I have to go to the can"?

Janine/Ofwarren

300

This item in the Commander's house is a symbol of hope.

The 'faith' pillow

300

Why aren't handmaids permitted to use beauty products?

Only what is inside matters (reproductive organs)

or

Wives don't want them to look attractive in any way. 

400

Whose clothes did Moira put on in her escape?

Aunt Elizabeth

400

Who asks: "It a good baby?"

Cora

400

Which two characters argue over gender roles

Luke and Offred's mother

400
What type of figurative language is used in the following quote: "Night falls. Or rather, it's here."

Personification

400

During Janine's labor in Chapter 21, the handmaids perform this 'sympathetic' action. 

Chanting

500

Offred imagines using this object to kill the Commander.

The sharp level from the toilet

500

Who said: "Cooking's my hobby"?

Luke

500

Whose bed was next to Janine's at the Red Center?

Dolores
500

What does nighttime in Offred's room symbolize? 

Rebellion, escape, freedom

500

What is the official name of the Red Center?

The Rachel and Leah Center

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