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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Skeeter ask for advice in regards to her new job in chapter 6?
(a) Aibileen.
(b) Hilly.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Minny.

2. Who is Patricia van Devender?
(a) Stuart Whitworth's former fiancee.
(b) William Holbrook's cousin.
(c) Stuart Farnsworth's sister.
(d) Johnny Foote's mother-in-law.

3. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?
(a) George Patton.
(b) Stonewall Jackson.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

4. Who does Aibileen recommend Minny to, lying about Elizabeth Leefolt recommending her as a good maid?
(a) Lou Anne Templeton.
(b) Celia Foote.
(c) Skeeter Phelan.
(d) Hilly Holbrook.

5. How many interviews with maids does the editor suggest Skeeter include in her book?
(a) Thirty or less.
(b) Twenty or more.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Twelve or more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Skeeter mail the chapter with Aibileen's story to in chapter 12?

2. What is the Shinalator?

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

4. Why does Aibileen say in chapter 1 that Miss Leefolt cannot soothe her own baby?

5. What does Skeeter's mother nag her about in chapter 5?

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