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What item Offred saves for the next handmaid
Daffodil
This character is a feminist symbol for rebellion against Gilead's strict regime
Moira
The Commander that Offred serves
Fred
Significance of the word "Mayday"
A symbol of rebellion and underground resistance
Genre of The Handmaids Tale
Dystopian
The name of the special event designed for a religious purpose but used by the government to control the population in Gilead
The Ceremony
What happens to Janine at the Red Center that reveals the psychological toll of Gilead's indoctrination
She begins to believe her past abuse was her fault.
The role of the "Eyes" in Gilead
They are the secret police who spy on citizens
The item the Commander gives Offred that is forbidden in Gilead
Magazine
This character dies by suicide
Ofglen
The primary role of a "handmaid" in the society of Gilead
To conceive/bear children for elite couples
The role of the Aunts in Gilead
To indoctrinate the handmaids and teach them obedience
What the "Wall" in Gilead represents
A place of execution for traitors
This person offers to get Offred pregnant
Doctor
As part of their escape plan, Luke _______ their cat
Kills
The secret club the Commander takes Offred to
Jezebel's
The specific phrase does Offred find carved into her closet by a previous handmaid
"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum."
What happens during the "Particicution" event
A group execution of men by handmaids
The reason Gilead was initially established
birth rates were declining
This person threatens Aunt Elizabeth with a piece of metal from a toilet
Moira
The food item Offred takes and hides in her room
Butter
What Offred's mother represents in the story
Feminist resistance before Gilead’s rise
The Commander’s driver and a possible ally for Offred
Nick
The item Serena Joy secretly gave Offred to encourage her to conceive with Nick
Photograph of her daughter
The type of society Gilead is considered
Totalitarian Patriarchal Republic