chapter summaries

Question 1

chapter 1

Answer 1

red centre

Question 2

chapter 2

Answer 2

bedroom, outfit, cora and rita

Question 3

chapter 3

Answer 3

serena’s garden

Question 4

chapter 4

Answer 4

nick, shopping partner, guardians

Question 5

chapter 5

Answer 5

shops, reading, pregnancy, tourists

Question 6

chapter 6

Answer 6

the church and the wall

Question 7

chapter 7

Answer 7

moira, offred’s mother and daughter

Question 8

chapter 8

Answer 8

luke, econowife, serena, “my” room

Question 9

chapter 9

Answer 9

the previous handmaid’s message, luke

Question 10

chapter 10

Answer 10

moira, FAITH

Question 11

chapter 11

Answer 11

the doctor’s office

Question 12

chapter 12

Answer 12

bath, offred’s daughter, cora and supper

Question 13

chapter 13

Answer 13

red centre, janine, moira’s 1st escape, daughter

Question 14

chapter 14

Answer 14

the ceremony, waiting, nick, the news

Question 15

chapter 15

Answer 15

commander and serena, moira’s 1st escape

Question 16

chapter 16

Answer 16

suffering, the ceremony, serena joy

Question 17

chapter 17

Answer 17

butter, night

Question 18

chapter 18

Answer 18

luke and his unknown future

Question 19

chapter 19

Answer 19

the birth day

Question 20

chapter 20

Answer 20

labour, janine, offred’s mother

Question 21

chapter 21

Answer 21

chanting, flashbacks to offred’s daughter

Question 22

chapter 22

Answer 22

moira’s second escape

Question 23

chapter 23

Answer 23

scrabble and the commander

Question 24

chapter 24

Answer 24

offred’s reaction, her mother and the interview about nazi germany

Question 25

chapter 25

Answer 25

asleep, cora, serena gardens, visits the commander

Question 26

chapter 26

Answer 26

the ceremony, contrast, serena, rachel and leah centre

Question 27

chapter 27

Answer 27

shopping, black van

Question 28

chapter 28

Answer 28

the rise of gilead, offred's mother

Question 29

chapter 29

Answer 29

the commander and the previous handmaid

Question 30

chapter 30

Answer 30

luke kills the cat, authorities, praying in the red centre

Question 31

chapter 31

Answer 31

ofglen, serena, cigarette, nick

Question 32

chapter 32

Answer 32

offred gets a match, the commander

Question 33

chapter 33

Answer 33

janine, red centre, moria's 2nd escape

Question 34

chapter 34

Answer 34

the next generation, the commander, prayvaganza

Question 35

chapter 35

Answer 35

crossing the border with luke, love, offred's daughter

Question 36

chapter 36

Answer 36

the commander takes her out, clothing

Question 37

chapter 37

Answer 37

jezebel's, illegal outfit, contrast

Question 38

chapter 38

Answer 38

moira and her survival story

Question 39

chapter 39

Answer 39

the commander, hotel room, moira, offred's mother

Question 40

chapter 40

Answer 40

offred and nick's first "encounter"

Question 41

chapter 41

Answer 41

offred and nick's relationship

Question 42

chapter 42

Answer 42

the salvaging, red centre, aunt lydia reads

Question 43

chapter 43

Answer 43

the particicution

Question 44

chapter 44

Answer 44

ofglen is replaced, contrast

Question 45

chapter 45

Answer 45

reflecting on ofglen's death

Question 46

chapter 46

Answer 46

offred imagines a way out