Characters
She was a longtime friend for Offred
In Gilead, a woman with viable ovaries
What is a Handmaid?
A physically deformed baby
What is an unbaby?
The person Offred enjoys sneaking out to see
Who is Nick?
"We thought we had such problems. How were we to know we were happy?"
Who is Offred?
She testified to being gang raped
Who is Janine?
In Gilead, people executed as "gender traitors"
Who are homosexuals?
A woman without viable ovaries.
What is an unwoman?
The code word identifying members of the resistance
What is Mayday?
"You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs."
Who is the Commander?
He offered to help Offred conceive
Who is the Doctor?
Public executions separated by gender
What is a Salvaging?
The monthly ritual between the Handmaid and the Commander
What is the ceremony?
Serena "pays" Offred with this to cheat on the Commander
What is a cigarette?
“Why expect one woman to carry out all the functions necessary to the serene running of a household? It isn’t reasonable or humane. Your daughters will have greater freedom.”
Who is Aunt Lydia?
The wing of Government responsible for surveillance
Who are the Eyes?
A ceremony in which the Handmaids physically abuse a man
What is a Particicution?
The place where executed victims of salvagings are placed
What is the wall?
Offred goes to the kitchen and steals this
What is a flower?
"Your time's running out."
Who is Serena Joy?
Is never satisfied with Offred's shopping
Who is Rita?
The place where prayers where machines wrote out prayers
What is Soul Scrolls?
A place called All Flesh.
What was the butcher's shop?
The first magazine the Commander gives Offred to read
What is Vogue?
"Nolite te bastardes carborandorum."
Who is the previous handmaid?