The Handmaid's Tale - Chapter 9 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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How does Offred explore and inspect her room?

Slowly, carefully and with great attention

"When I go to bed, it's a bedroom". What is her room now, however?

A "Waiting Room"

As Offred waits in her room, what does she think about?

The household's previous Handmaid (also give points for 'Luke')

She finds hooks in the cupboard. "But still, a stocking, that's all you'd need." What does this mean?

Possible method of suicide

Who does Offred try to get information from, about the previous Handmaid?

Rita

What do we learn about Luke in this chapter?

He was already married when they started their affair, and they met surreptitiously in hotel rooms

What's the name of Offred's husband from her old life?

Luke

What is the message Offred finds scrawled on the floor in the corner?

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

What does Offred miss about hotel rooms?

"Freedom from being seen" / "dreadful paintings" / "fresh towels" / carelessness / room service

What do the mattress stains in Offred's room suggest?

Lovers in years gone past

Why is Offred pleased to find the message?

"It pleases me to think I'm communing with her, this unknown woman. [...] It pleases me to know that her taboo message made it through"