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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Minny tell Aibileen she needs to find a new job in chapter 2?

2. What political office is Hilly's husband running for as she announces in chapter 12?

3. Where does Hilly Holbrook invite Mrs. Leefolt and Mae Mobley to go in chapter 15?

4. What is Skeeter doing when she runs into Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt in chapter 15?

5. What does Hilly give to Aibileen after a bridge party in chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Skeeter try to pay money to Aibileen in chapter 8? How does Aibileen react?

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

3. What rules did Minny's mother tell her about working for a white woman? Which rule does Minny constantly break?

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

5. 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?

6. Who is Yule May? What does she want to speak to Aibileen about at a meeting at their church?

7. In chapter 10, Celia locks herself in the bathroom and yells at Minny when she comes to change the bedsheets. What does this and other odd behaviors say about Celia?

8. What does Hilly Holbrook ask Aibileen that she feels she must answer honestly for Mae Mobley's sake? Why does Hilly ask this question of Aibileen?

9. What does Hilly Holbrook complain about at Elizabeth Leefolt's? How does this lead to the Leefolt's building a new bathroom in the carport of their home?

10. How does the first interview between Skeeter and Aibileen go? What does Skeeter think will happen next?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Skeeter's mother constantly complain about in regards to her daughter's appearance? How does this make Skeeter feel? How does this reflect on Skeeter's lack of romantic experience? At what age do most of the girls Skeeter is friends with get married? What does it say about Skeeter that she is not married? What does Skeeter want to do with her life? What obstacles are in Skeeter's way that might not have been in a more modern setting? What does it say about Skeeter that she disregards her mother's advice and pursues her desire to have a career?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following relationships in an essay using quotes to support your conclusions:

1) Skeeter and her mother

2) Skeeter and Stuart

3) Stuart and his father

4) Hilly and Elizabeth

5) Hilly and Skeeter.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hilly's bathroom initiative. What is it? What is the point behind it? Why would Hilly think that sharing a bathroom with a black person could lead to the exchange of deadly diseases? Why does Hilly pressure Mrs. Leefolt into building a bathroom in the car port for Aibileen? How does Aibileen feel about this? What happens when Aibileen takes Mae Mobley into the new bathroom constructed for Aibileen's use? What does Mrs. Leefolt do when Mae Mobley attempts to use the bathroom in the carport? How does this inspire Aibileen to begins sharing secret stories with Mae Mobley?

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