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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Hilly claim that blacks and white should never attend the same school together in chapter 14?
(a) They are too different.
(b) The blacks would harm the whites.
(c) The risk of the transmission of disease.
(d) Blacks are not smart enough to keep up with whites.

3. Who is Mrs. Stein?
(a) A maid working in Jackson.
(b) A neighbor to Longleaf.
(c) An editor for Harper & Row.
(d) A friend of Skeeter's mother.

4. What milestone has Mae Mobley entered in chapter 7?
(a) She just began to talk.
(b) Potty training time.
(c) She just began to walk.
(d) The beginning of preschool.

5. Who is Miss Myrna?
(a) The name of a weekly love advice column.
(b) Skeeter's new boss.
(c) A maid in Jackson.
(d) The name of a weekly housecleaning column.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Skeeter get a job in chapter 6?

2. What news does Elizabeth Leefolt announce to Skeeter and Hilly in chapter 12?

3. What does Skeeter try to give Aibileen at Elizabeth Leefolt's house that Aibileen refuses to take in chapter 8?

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

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

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