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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Skeeter take to carrying around in chapter 11?
(a) A red satchel that her grandmother once used for her gardening tools.
(b) A green army knapsack.
(c) A large canvas backpack.
(d) A black attache case with a broken latch.

2. How many interviews with maids does the editor suggest Skeeter include in her book?
(a) Twenty or more.
(b) Thirty or less.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Twelve or more.

3. What does Aibileen promise all the women she approaches about helping with Skeeter's book will be done to protect their identities?
(a) The book will never be published.
(b) All names and professions will not be changed.
(c) All names and locations will be changed.
(d) The book will never be sold in Jackson.

4. What item in the living room of the Foote residence frightens Minny?
(a) A Confederate flag.
(b) A full size, stuffed grizzly bear.
(c) A blood colored stain on the shag carpet.
(d) A Confederate pistol.

5. What ailment does Mae Mobley suffer when Aibileen first begins to care for her?
(a) Jaundice.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Colic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in chapter 16, approaches Aibileen at a Community Concerns Meeting at her church about Skeeter's book?

2. Why have nearly half a dozen maids refused to work for Celia Foote, as revealed in chapter 3?

3. What deadline is Skeeter originally given for her book in chapter 12?

4. What is Hotstack?

5. What is the one thing Aibileen admits that she admires about Hilly Holbrook in chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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