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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Elizabeth Leefolt announce to Skeeter and Hilly in chapter 12?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is divorcing Raleigh.
(c) She is firing Aibileen.
(d) She is giving Mae Mobley up for adoption.

2. Why is Mae Mobley spending less time with Aibileen in chapter 29?
(a) She has moved in with her grandmother.
(b) She has begun preschool.
(c) Aibileen spends more time with baby Ross.
(d) Aibileen no longer works for the Leefolts.

3. Who was Carl Roberts?
(a) A friend of Stuart Whitworth.
(b) A white activist in Mississippi.
(c) A young black man lynched from speaking out against the Mississippi governor.
(d) A black man jailed for a sit in at a lunch counter.

4. What is the point of Skeeter's book?
(a) Compassion, not discrimination.
(b) Maids are people too.
(c) Housewives have a hard life.
(d) That people really are not that different.

5. What condition does Minny have that she hopes will keep Leroy from beating her anymore?
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) Scoliosis.
(c) Eczema.
(d) Diabetes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment does Minny's son, Benny, suffer?

2. What does Mrs. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley about using Aibileen's toilet in chapter 7?

3. Where has Skeeter learned that Stuart has gone in chapter 33?

4. How many babies does Aibileen tell the reader she has cared for in her career?

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

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