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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has Skeeter pinpointed as her first interviewee for her book in chapter 8?
(a) Aibileen.
(b) Hilly.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Minny.

2. Where does Skeeter get a job in chapter 6?
(a) The Jackson Journal.
(b) The Junior League newsletter.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) The Jackson Daily News.

3. What does Aibileen tell Skeeter in chapter 11 her grandmother did for a living?
(a) She was a teacher.
(b) She was a wet nurse.
(c) She was a house slave.
(d) She was a maid.

4. For what act does Mrs. Leefolt punish Mae Mobley in chapter 2 that makes Aibileen feel outrage for the child?
(a) Breaking one of her toys.
(b) Tearing up her mother's stationary.
(c) Spilling flour on the floor.
(d) Pulling the phone out of her mother's hand.

5. What does Aibileen write in a small blue notepad?
(a) Her prayers.
(b) Her grocery lists.
(c) Her thoughts and emotions.
(d) Her fictional stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in chapter 16, approaches Aibileen at a Community Concerns Meeting at her church about Skeeter's book?

2. What is Hotstack?

3. What kind of party does Mrs. Leefolt have in the first chapter of the book?

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

5. Why have nearly half a dozen maids refused to work for Celia Foote, as revealed in chapter 3?

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