Questions about The Handmaid's Tale (chap 2 to 5)
Focus on chapter 2: A) What does the narrator describe at the beginning of chapter 2? Why have they "removed anything you could tie a rope too"? Can you find another example showing how they "protect" the girls. B) Which only other possibility do the women in red have if they "refuse" to be maids? C) Which elements show they seem to be at war? Focus on chapter 3: D) How many commanders has the narrator already "helped"? E) What are the maids forbidden to do? Why? What are the wives allowed to do? F) Who is the Commander's wife in fact? Focus on chapter 4: G) Who is Nick? H) Which specific vocabulary and phrases are used in this society? Why? Focus on chapter 5: I) Explain Aunt Lydia' s words: "In the days of anarchy it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from." J) What is the name of the narrator's friend (the other handmaid)? WHY? K) Who arrives when they are at the supermarket? Why is it so special? L) W...