Packet 4: Tossup 3

While bathing, this character muses that “I’m a cloud, congealed around a central object… which is hard (15[1])and more real than I am.” This character, who is asked if she’s happy by Japanese tourists, hides butter (15[1])in her (15[1])shoe (15[3])that (15[1])she steals (15[2])to use (15[2])as (15[2])lotion. (15[5]-5[1])Professor (15[1])Pieixoto (15[3]-5[3])(“pay-SHOH-toh”) gives (15[2])a lecture (15[1]-5[1])using recordings this character left on (*) cassette tapes. This character finds a message from her predecessor which translates to “don’t let the bastards grind you down.” (10[2]-5[2])This character secretly plays Scrabble (10[1])with the Commander, (10[1]-5[2])who she is assigned (-5[1])to (10[1])in order (10[1])to (10[1]-5[1])help him have a child. (10[1])For 10 points, identify this narrator of The Handmaid’s (10[1])Tale. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[10])

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