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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. What tree does Celia Foote keep threatening to cut down in her yard?
(a) The pecan tree.
(b) The peach tree.
(c) The magnolia tree.
(d) The mimosa tree.

2. What modern convenience does Skeeter's mother refuse to have added to the house as Skeeter explains in chapter 19?
(a) Convection oven.
(b) Refrigeration.
(c) Air conditioning.
(d) Fax.

3. What appliance does Mrs. Phelan finally allow installed in her house in chapter 21 after receiving doctors orders to do so?
(a) A refrigertor.
(b) Air conditioning.
(c) A dish washer.
(d) A clothes washer.

4. What list does Mrs. Phelan start writing for Skeeter with the understanding that she is dying?
(a) A list of things every new bride should know.
(b) A what not to say in public list.
(c) A what not to wear list.
(d) A list of skills every new mother should know.

5. What does Skeeter push Stuart to tell her about his ex-fiancee in chapter 19 that causes some tension between them?
(a) What caused their break up.
(b) What her feelings regarding the civil rights movement were.
(c) Whether they shared a bed.
(d) Whether they ever traveled together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Johnny Foote tell Minny he had asked to come play bridge with Celia?

2. Why does Celia think Hilly does not like her, a misunderstanding she wants to clear up in chapter 25?

3. What name has Aibileen chosen to use in the book she is writing with Skeeter?

4. Why does Pascagoula tell Skeeter in chapter 19 that no one would work for her mother except her?

5. Who was Carl Roberts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who has Skeeter started dating in chapter 19? Why does she refuse to go to Biloxi with him?

2. What is the Terrible Awful? Why does Minny tell it to Celia in chapter 26?

3. In chapter 28, Skeeter goes shopping and finally finds her own style. What style is that? What has inspired it?

4. Hilly Holbrook wins Minny's chocolate pie in the silent auction at the Benefit. Who bid on the pie for Hilly? Who does she think bid on it for her?

5. What does Dr. Neal tell Skeeter in chapter 28 that her mother is suffering? What are her prospects?

6. What begins to happen throughout town as people begin to read Skeeter's book?

7. Why does Skeeter feel it is important to change the location and names in the book she is writing?

8. What does Celia tell her husband, Johnny Foote, that prompts him to tell Minny she will have a job for life in chapter 30?

9. What does Skeeter learn about Yule May in chapter 19? What does the letter from Yule May to Skeeter say? What is the result of this situation?

10. Why does Minny feel that Celia Foote does not understand the line between whites and blacks?

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