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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new pill does Skeeter read about in the newspaper in chapter 19 that is hailed as a pill 'to help women cope with everyday challenges'?
(a) Valium.
(b) Prozac.
(c) Midol.
(d) Metamucil.

2. How old was Treelore when he died?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

3. With whom does Skeeter have a date in chapter 9?
(a) Stuart Farnsworth.
(b) William Holbrook.
(c) Johnny Foote.
(d) Stuart Whitworth.

4. What book idea has Skeeter proposed to Mrs. Stein in chapter 8?
(a) Interviews with southern women about their families.
(b) Interviews with white housewives about their black maids.
(c) Interviews with black maids about their white employers.
(d) Interviews with black maids about their families.

5. Why does Skeeter think the maids in the state senator's house are looking at her oddly in chapter 20?
(a) They think she is not good enough for Stuart.
(b) They dislike her hair.
(c) They know about her book.
(d) They dislike her clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows up at Skeeter's door and surprises her in chapter 13?

2. What modern convenience does Skeeter's mother refuse to have added to the house as Skeeter explains in chapter 19?

3. Why does Skeeter refuse to tell her mother of her break up with Stuart?

4. What book does Skeeter steal from the white library in chapter 13 because it has been damaged and defamed?

5. What item in the living room of the Foote residence frightens Minny?

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