What is said to have happened to Ofglen in the end of the novel?
Ofglen commited suicide
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Nick works for which branch of the Gilead Government?
The Eyes
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What was Offred's way of testing the new Ofglen?
Asking to see if she wanted to go to the wall
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What prompts the meeting of Gileadean studies?
Finding Offred's recordings
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The Handmaids all take part in a Particicution. What is done at this event?
It is a ceremony in which the Handmaids execute a male rapist.
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Who reveals to Offred the news regarding Ofglen's fate?
The new Ofglen
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Where does Nick live?
Above the commander's garage
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What diseases did the Professor say were running rampid in Gilead?
AIDS and Syphilis
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The members of the symposium speculate that this man was Offred's Commander
Who is Frederick R. Waterford
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Why did they stop listing the crimes of the condemned?
They didn't want the other women commiting similar crimes
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Why did Ofglen participate in kicking the convicted rapist?
- He was a member of the resistance
- She didn't want him to suffer
- She was afraid he would reveal secrets
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Nick observes Serena Joy yelling at Offred about what?
Offred's secret relationship with the Commander
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What did the Professor contribute to the lack of fertility in Gilead?
Biological warfare and toxic chemicals
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The casette tapes were found in what city?
What is Bangor, Maine.
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How are the condemed arranged for their execution by Aunt Lydia?
Handmaid, Wife, Handmaid (Red, Blue, Red)
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What did Ofglen ask Offred to do?
To get papers from the commanders office
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What does Offred trick/manipulate Nick into believing?
Offred being pregnant
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What is the last line of the book?
Are there any questions?
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What is the name of the keynote speaker?
Professor Piexoto
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Why do they NOT feed the women breakfast before a salvaging?
So they do not throw up
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What was a secret Offred kept from Ofglen?
That she had a secret relationship with Nick
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When the black van comes for Offred, Nick comforts her with this phrase.
"It's all right. It's Mayday. Go with them." (pg. 293.)
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Offred tells Nick her real name, however it is never revealed in the text. There are clues in chapter one that lead one to speculate what her name could be. What could Offred's name is?