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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Fax.
(d) Air conditioning.

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

3. Why did Constantine give her daughter to an orphanage in Chicago when she was just a little girl?
(a) Constantine was hiding her from her biological father.
(b) Her skin was too white for her to go unnoticed in the south.
(c) Constantine was single and could not care for her.
(d) She was ill and Constantine no longer wanted her.

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

5. When Skeeter calls Aibileen in chapter 19 to tell her Yule May's decision, what does Aibileen say she was told about Yule May's working status?
(a) She has decided to move out of the area.
(b) She moved to Mrs. Leefolt's house.
(c) She no longer works for Hilly Holbrook.
(d) She has begun working for Lou Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dish is Skeeter left to prepare on New Year's Day?

2. Who was Carl Roberts?

3. What instrument does Celia Foote use to protect Minny from a crazy, naked man in chapter 24?

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

5. Why does Skeeter think the maids in the state senator's house are looking at her oddly in chapter 20?

(see the answer key)

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