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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Skeeter, Aibileen, and Minny chose for the book they are writing?
(a) The Help.
(b) Southern Domestics.
(c) Southern Help.
(d) Colored Domestics and their Southern Families.

2. With whom does Skeeter plan to share the advance money and subsequent royalty payments with?
(a) All the maids who helped write the book.
(b) Aibileen and Minny.
(c) Just Aibileen.
(d) Her mother.

3. What does Celia call Minny at the end of chapter 17 that makes Minny annoyed with Celia?
(a) Irritant.
(b) Friend.
(c) Servant.
(d) Maid.

4. Why does Minny think she no longer has a job with the Footes at the end of chapter 17?
(a) Hilly Holbrook told Celia the truth about Minny and Celia fired her.
(b) Johnny Foote found her in the house and fired her.
(c) Celia's mother-in-law fired her.
(d) Celia told her she was fired.

5. Who did Johnny Foote tell Minny he had asked to come play bridge with Celia?
(a) Mrs. Walters.
(b) Elizabeth Leefolt.
(c) Skeeter Phelan.
(d) Hilly Holbrook.

6. In chapter 27, why does Skeeter claim she continues to go to League meetings?
(a) It is her civic duty.
(b) Elizabeth is still her friend.
(c) She hopes Hilly will someday forgive her.
(d) She is editor of the newsletter.

7. Why does Stuart take back the marriage proposal he makes to Skeeter in chapter 28?
(a) Hilly tells him about Skeeter's possession of the Jim Crow laws.
(b) He has decided he does not like her sense of style.
(c) He has just learned her mother is dying.
(d) He claims he does not know her after she tells him about her book.

8. What captivates Mrs. Leefolt most about People Will Talk's review of Skeeter and Aibileen's book?
(a) The appearance of her sorority sister on the show.
(b) The newly decorated set of the show.
(c) The speculation the book was written about Jackson.
(d) The review of Little Big Man.

9. What name has Aibileen chosen to use in the book she is writing with Skeeter?
(a) Rebecca Jones.
(b) Abilene Johnson.
(c) Sarah Ross.
(d) Margret Green.

10. How old is Mae Mobley at the beginning of chapter 22?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

11. What dish is Skeeter left to prepare on New Year's Day?
(a) Pinto beans.
(b) Black eyed peas.
(c) A turkey feast.
(d) A ham.

12. Who is Pascagoula's cousin?
(a) Aibileen.
(b) Minny.
(c) Yule May.
(d) Louvenia.

13. Where does Skeeter go in chapter 19 to cool off in the overwhelming heat?
(a) Hilly's house.
(b) The Cadillac.
(c) The house.
(d) The local department store.

14. Who attracts a large amount of attention upon her arrival at the Benefit?
(a) Celia Foote.
(b) Elizabeth Leefolt.
(c) Minny Jackson.
(d) Hilly Holbrook.

15. What new pill does Skeeter read about in the newspaper in chapter 19 that is hailed as a pill 'to help women cope with everyday challenges'?
(a) Valium.
(b) Midol.
(c) Prozac.
(d) Metamucil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name has Minny chosen as her secret identity in Skeeter's book?

2. How much time has passed between chapter 28 and chapter 29?

3. Why does Stuart fail to greet his own parents in chapter 28 when he and Skeeter see them during a dinner out?

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

5. What war does Skeeter see a news report about on the television in chapter 19?

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