The HandmaidÕs Tale                                                                          Name ____________

Chapters 13-15

 

  1. What does the narrator compare time to?

 

  1. How does the narrator describe the women in the harem paintings?

 

  1. How is the narrator like a caged rat?

 

  1. Why could Moira not talk to Offred when she arrived in Gilead?

 

  1. How is Janine made to feel when she tells her story of rape?

 

  1. List one effective image from the last page of Chapter 13 that conveys OffredÕs desperation at losing her daughter.

 

  1. What is OffredÕs ÒplaceÓ in the sitting room?

 

  1. Who is present at the Ceremony?

 

  1. Who are the Baptist Guerrillas?

 

  1. Who are the Quakers? 

 

  1. Why do you think people are being transported to National Homeland One?

 

  1. Who do you think the Children of Ham are?

 

  1. On page 84, the narrator begins a flashback.  How do you know it is a flashback?

 

  1. What was the narratorÕs plan for escape?

 

  1. How does the Commander look?

 

  1. What stories does the Commander read?

 

  1. On page 89 the narrator begins another flashback. How do you know it is a flashback?

 

  1. What is MoiraÕs plan for escape?

 

  1. Why do you think Serena has begun to cry?

 

  1. How was Moira punished for her attempt to escape?