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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day is Celia supposed to tell her husband that she has hired Minny as their maid?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Christmas Eve.

2. What is the main topic of conversation at a Community Concerns meeting at Aibileen's church in chapter 16?
(a) Racial tensions in Jackson.
(b) Skeeter Phelan's book.
(c) Medgar Evers' murder.
(d) The March on Washington.

3. Why does one of Aibileen's grown white children tell her he still does not drink coffee in chapter 7?
(a) She told him it would stunt his growth.
(b) She told him it would make his asthma worse.
(c) She told him it would give him ulcers.
(d) She told him it would make him turn colored.

4. Who, in chapter 16, approaches Aibileen at a Community Concerns Meeting at her church about Skeeter's book?
(a) Minny.
(b) Yule May.
(c) Goldella.
(d) Louvenia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much younger than Aibileen is Minny Jackson?

2. What one housekeeping skill is Celia Foote very bad at, as revealed in chapter 3?

3. Who does Aibileen recommend Minny to, lying about Elizabeth Leefolt recommending her as a good maid?

4. What does Aibileen promise all the women she approaches about helping with Skeeter's book will be done to protect their identities?

5. Why does Hilly express distaste at using Mrs. Leefolt's guest bathroom in chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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