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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are Yule May, Hilly Holbrook's maid, and her husband saving up for as she tells Aibileen in chapter 16?
(a) Tuition for their twin sons to go to college.
(b) A down payment on a new car.
(c) A down payment on a new house.
(d) Tuition for their daughter to go to college.

4. Who does Skeeter mail the chapter with Aibileen's story to in chapter 12?
(a) An editor at Harper's Bizarre.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Mrs. Stein.
(d) Carlton, her brother.

5. Who is Miss Myrna?
(a) A maid in Jackson.
(b) The name of a weekly housecleaning column.
(c) Skeeter's new boss.
(d) The name of a weekly love advice column.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Skeeter pinpointed as her first interviewee for her book in chapter 8?

2. Where does Skeeter get a job in chapter 6?

3. What threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?

4. How much younger than Aibileen is Minny Jackson?

5. What college did Skeeter graduate from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries Minny about the day that Celia Foote will tell her husband that she has hired a maid? How does Johnny Foote finally find out about Minny?

2. How did Minny Jackson get an interview with Celia Foote? What happens at the interview?

3. What are the interviews like between Skeeter and Minny? Who does Minny refuse to allow Skeeter to place in her book?

4. What letter does Skeeter receive in chapter 6 that inspires her to begin searching for a writing job and to find unique topics to write about?

5. What does Celia spend most of her days doing? What is the result?

6. Who is Skeeter Phelan? How does she know Hilly Holbrook? What did Hilly threaten to do in the beginning of chapter 5 to Skeeter?

7. Who does Aibileen go to work for at the beginning of the novel? What happened just a few months before she accepted this job?

8. Who sets up the first date between Stuart Whitworth and Skeeter? How does it go?

9. What does Aibileen ask of Skeeter during their sixth session together working on Skeeter's book?

10. What does Aibileen write in her small notebook? How did she get into this habit?

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