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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley she will not go to college in chapter 2?
(a) Mrs. Leefolt overspent on a shopping trip.
(b) Mrs. Leefolt is spending unnecessary money building a bathroom for Aibileen.
(c) Mrs. Leefolt donated too much to a Junior League charity.
(d) Mrs. Leefolt hired a maid they cannot afford.

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

3. How long have Hilly, Skeeter, and Elizabeth been friends?
(a) Since infancy.
(b) Since high school.
(c) Since elementary school.
(d) Since college.

4. How much younger than Aibileen is Minny Jackson?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seventeen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Fifteen years.

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

6. On what day is Celia supposed to tell her husband that she has hired Minny as their maid?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) New Year's Day.

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

8. What is the main topic of conversation at a Community Concerns meeting at Aibileen's church in chapter 16?
(a) Racial tensions in Jackson.
(b) Skeeter Phelan's book.
(c) Medgar Evers' murder.
(d) The March on Washington.

9. Who gave Skeeter her nickname?
(a) Her brother, Carlton.
(b) Constantine.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

10. Who does Skeeter ask for advice in regards to her new job in chapter 6?
(a) Hilly.
(b) Minny.
(c) Aibileen.
(d) Elizabeth.

11. What job did Skeeter apply before in her final days at college?
(a) Editor for Harper & Row.
(b) Copywriter for a New York magazine.
(c) Editor for a New York magazine.
(d) Copywriter for Harper & Row.

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

13. What does Aibileen tell Minny in chapter 2 that Hilly Hobrook accused her of?
(a) Stealing jewelry.
(b) Not cleaning properly.
(c) Stealing silver.
(d) Not feeding Mrs. Walters.

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

15. Who shows up at Skeeter's door and surprises her in chapter 13?
(a) Stuart Farnsworth.
(b) William Holbrook.
(c) Stuart Whitworth.
(d) Johnny Foote.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Skeeter admit caused her some disappointment at first in chapter 12?

2. Why does Hilly express distaste at using Mrs. Leefolt's guest bathroom in chapter 1?

3. What does Mrs. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley about using Aibileen's toilet in chapter 7?

4. What college did Skeeter graduate from?

5. What does Aibileen tell Skeeter in chapter 11 her grandmother did for a living?

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