The Handmaid's Tale Chapters 1-17 Quizzes, Worksheets, and Vocabulary Games

Evaluate reading comprehension, facilitate college readiness vocabulary development, and support analysis of plot and literary craft with this bundle of activities and assessments covering a portion of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (chapters 1 through 17). Plot-based quizzes, close reading inference worksheets, vocabulary application activities, crossword puzzles, word search games, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will:

• Read for literal comprehension
• Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed
• Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
• Articulate the contradictory nature of a given word as it is used in the text
• Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques, including how language is used as a manipulative tool in the novel
• Describe tone in context
• Determine the function of a particular chapter
• Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Apply knowledge of literary devices such as anaphora, metaphor, and pun
• Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
• Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision