Handmaid’s Tale Chapters 4-6

1. List words used to describe the streets in the setting of the story.

2. What are tokens used for in the story?

3. Why do women who are pregnant not go out?

4. Why did they tell the carrier that she is closer to death?

5. How is the church decorated?

6. Why does Offred say she can’t go to the river, bridge or subway anymore?

7. Who is Nick? What is his occupation?

8. Who is Ofglen?

9. Why do Handmaids always travel in pairs?

10. What do the Guardians do?

11. Why did the Guardians shoot a Martha?

12. What satisfaction does Offred get from flirting with the Guardians?

13. What is the name of this new society?

14. How are women more protected now than before?

15. What was Offred’s husband’s name in her previous life?

16. What do the Japanese tourists want from Offred?

17. How are criminals executed?

18. What do you think happened to Offred’s husband and daughter?

19. Why do you think Offred does not run away?

20. What challenges do you think Offred encounters when dealing with her every day life?

Handmaid’s Tale Chapters 4-6

1. List words used to describe the streets in the setting of the story.
2. What are tokens used for in the story?
3. Why do women who are pregnant not go out?
4. Why did they tell the carrier that she is closer to death?
5. How is the church decorated?
6. Why does Offred say she can’t go to the river, bridge or subway anymore?
7. Who is Nick? What is his occupation?
8. Who is Ofglen?
9. Why do Handmaids always travel in pairs?
10. What do the Guardians do?
11. Why did the Guardians shoot a Martha?
12. What satisfaction does Offred get from flirting with the Guardians?
13. What is the name of this new society?
14. How are women more protected now than before?
15. What was Offred’s husband’s name in her previous life?
16. What do the Japanese tourists want from Offred?
17. How are criminals executed?
18. What do you think happened to Offred’s husband and daughter?
19. Why do you think Offred does not run away?
20. What challenges do you think Offred encounters when dealing with her every day life?