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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?
(a) George Patton.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Stonewall Jackson.

2. Who does Hilly Holbrook set up a date for Skeeter with in chapter 5?
(a) Stuart Whitworth.
(b) Johnny Foote.
(c) William Holbrook.
(d) Stuart Townsend.

3. What does Minny forbid Skeeter to do in chapter 17?
(a) Go to the Benefit.
(b) Print stories about Hilly Holbrook.
(c) Call Celia Foote.
(d) Discuss her family business.

4. What does Hilly announce at the League meeting in chapter 26 that officially cuts Skeeter out of her final tenuous attachment to Jackson social society?
(a) Hilly has decided to disban the Jackson League.
(b) Hilly has thrown Skeeter out of the League.
(c) Hilly has voted to end the newsletter.
(d) Hilly will take over as editor of the newsletter.

5. Why does Celia Foote refuse to tell her husband she has hired a maid in chapter 3?
(a) She is afriad he will not like the money she is spending on the maid.
(b) She is afraid he will not like having a black maid in the house.
(c) She does not want him to know she is afraid to be alone.
(d) She wants him to think she can care for him and the house herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Skeeter refuse to tell her mother of her break up with Stuart?

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

3. Who does Skeeter ask Aibileen about at the end of chapter 1?

4. What excuse does Aibileen think Skeeter will use for the toilet confusion at Hilly Holbrook's house?

5. How common does Aibileen tell Skeeter it was for women to give up their children to care for white families?

(see the answer key)

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