So you think you know...The Handmaid's Tale

Question 1

What does the Commander ask Offred to do when he calls her into his study?

Accepted Answer

Play Scrabble

Question 2

Offred remembers attending a book burning with her mother when women were burning what?

Accepted Answer

Pornographic magazines

Question 3

What is the password for Ofglen's rebel group?

Accepted Answer

Mayday

Question 4

Where is The Handmaid's Tale set?

Accepted Answer

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Question 5

What is the 'accepted greeting' between handmaids?

Accepted Answer

Blessed be the fruit

Question 6

The Guardians can be awarded Wives and Handmaids if...

Accepted Answer

They are promoted to Commander

Question 7

At the end of the novel, who comes to take Offred away?

Accepted Answer

A pair of Eyes, who may be memebrs of the resistance

Question 8

How is Offred's story told?

Accepted Answer

Through taped recordings of her memories

Question 9

How does Serena suggest getting Offred pregnant?

Accepted Answer

With Nick

Question 10

What happens to Ofglen?

Accepted Answer

She hangs herself when she sees the black van arrive

Question 11

What is a salvaging?

Accepted Answer

A mass execution

Question 12

Why is the need for handmaids in Gilead so great?

Accepted Answer

Radiation has caused infertility

Question 13

What kind of weapons did the Aunts have in order to prevent the handmaids' escape?

Accepted Answer

Electric cattle prods

Question 14

What are the soldiers of Gilead called?

Accepted Answer

Angels

Question 15

What is the institution called where the handmaids are 'trained'?

Accepted Answer

The Rachel and Leah Centre

Question 16

What qualifies you to be a handmaid?

Accepted Answer

They had had healthy children before the accident, They were married but to divorced men

Question 17

Why do all the shops in Gilead have pictures instead of written signs?

Accepted Answer

Women in Gilead are not allowed to read

Question 18

With whom does Offred do her shopping?

Accepted Answer

Ofglen

Question 19

What colour do the Commander's Wives wear in Gilead?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Question 20

Bodies on the Wall hung with purple placards around their necks signify what crime?

Accepted Answer

Gender treachery

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