The Handmaid's Tale Quiz and Answer Key Bundle

Measure and extend reading comprehension Evaluate general reading comprehension with this bundle of three plot-based quizzes covering Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Three alternate versions are also provided for re-assessment purposes, though they may be used as guided reading worksheets to help students ascertain crucial details about characters, settings, and conflicts. Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.

Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following by taking these assessments:

• The emptiness and loneliness of the narrator’s room
• Serena Joy’s previous life
• The Japanese tourists’ interest in handmaids’ lives
• The Wall
• The teachings of Aunt Lydia
• The doctor’s offer
• Offred’s previous life
• Moira’s escape attempt and its consequences
• The loss of the narrator’s daughter
• The Ceremony
• The news Nick shares with Offred
• Luke’s plans according to Offred
• The relationship between Offred and her mother
• Birthing day
• Moira’s tense escape
• The Commander’s private request of Offred
• A test of loyalty
• A present
• Changes in the Ceremony
• The evolution in the relationship with Ofglen
• Significant life events of the past
• A Latin phrase
• A question of purpose and a desire for normalcy
• A network of believers, disenchanted with society
• Serena’s suggestion to the narrator
• Revelations about the baby
• Jezabelle’s
• The return of Moira
• The function of women in the colonies
• Nick’s garage home
• The savage act of Salvaging
• Particicution
• A character’s suicide
• Offred and the resolution