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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Celia's husband date before he married Celia?
(a) Lou Anne Templeton.
(b) Elizabeth Leefolt.
(c) Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Skeeter Phelan.

2. Why have nearly half a dozen maids refused to work for Celia Foote, as revealed in chapter 3?
(a) The house is too large and it is too much work.
(b) She is too odd.
(c) She refuses to tell her husband about hiring a maid.
(d) She does not offer to pay enough.

3. For what act does Mrs. Leefolt punish Mae Mobley in chapter 2 that makes Aibileen feel outrage for the child?
(a) Breaking one of her toys.
(b) Pulling the phone out of her mother's hand.
(c) Spilling flour on the floor.
(d) Tearing up her mother's stationary.

4. Who lives on Longleaf Plantation?
(a) Celia Foote.
(b) Skeeter and her family.
(c) Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Mrs. Leefolt.

5. Why does one of Aibileen's grown white children tell her he still does not drink coffee in chapter 7?
(a) She told him it would make his asthma worse.
(b) She told him it would make him turn colored.
(c) She told him it would give him ulcers.
(d) She told him it would stunt his growth.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Skeeter have a date in chapter 9?

2. Who is Patricia van Devender?

3. What is Skeeter doing when she runs into Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt in chapter 15?

4. What did Robert Brown do for Aibileen in the aftermath of Treelore's death?

5. Who does Skeeter ask for advice in regards to her new job in chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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