Q 01/05

Since they may not read, what do Handmaids hand over at the shops to pay for food?

A) Tokens printed with pictures

B) Coupons signed by a Wife

C) Coins stamped with an eye

D) A numbered ration book

Answer · why

A) Tokens printed with pictures

Tokens printed with pictures: each one shows what it buys, twelve eggs or a piece of cheese, and even the shop names have been painted out, leaving on...

Q 02/05

What do the Japanese tourists ask Offred and Ofglen through an interpreter in the street?

A) Are you happy?

B) Are you married?

C) Are you afraid?

D) Are you allowed out?

Answer · why

A) Are you happy?

'Are you happy?' is the tourists' question; Ofglen stays silent, so Offred murmurs 'Yes, we are very happy', because not answering could be just as da...

Q 03/05

What is the primary color of the uniform worn by Handmaids in Gilead?

A) Blue

B) Purple

C) Red

D) Grey

Answer · why

C) Red

Red marks the Handmaids: Atwood took it from the blood of childbirth and from Mary Magdalene, adding drily that red is also easier to see if you happe...

Q 04/05

In the novel's opening scene, the women being trained as Handmaids sleep on army cots in what kind of place?

A) A former school gymnasium

B) A requisitioned hotel ballroom

C) A disused army barracks

D) A convent dormitory

Answer · why

A) A former school gymnasium

A former school gymnasium: basketball hoops still hang over the cots, and the women, forbidden to talk, learn to lip-read so they can pass their real ...

Q 05/05

What does the Gilead chain Soul Scrolls sell, mostly to Commanders' Wives who order by phone?

A) Machine-printed prayers

B) Hand-lettered Bible verses

C) Blessed wedding veils

D) Embroidered hymn banners

Answer · why

A) Machine-printed prayers

Machine-printed prayers roll out of printers the Handmaids call Holy Rollers and are pulped once recited; ordering them is a show of piety that helps ...