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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have nearly half a dozen maids refused to work for Celia Foote, as revealed in chapter 3?
(a) She is too odd.
(b) She does not offer to pay enough.
(c) The house is too large and it is too much work.
(d) She refuses to tell her husband about hiring a maid.

2. Why does Stuart take back the marriage proposal he makes to Skeeter in chapter 28?
(a) Hilly tells him about Skeeter's possession of the Jim Crow laws.
(b) He has decided he does not like her sense of style.
(c) He has just learned her mother is dying.
(d) He claims he does not know her after she tells him about her book.

3. Who is Patricia van Devender?
(a) William Holbrook's cousin.
(b) Johnny Foote's mother-in-law.
(c) Stuart Farnsworth's sister.
(d) Stuart Whitworth's former fiancee.

4. What does Celia have delivered to the house that Minny thinks is homemade alcohol?
(a) A catching tonic.
(b) Hair tonic.
(c) A vitamin tonic.
(d) A celery tonic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the point of Skeeter's book?

2. What detail appears in Skeeter's book that she is afraid will identify her as Sarah Ross?

3. Who does Mrs. Phelan set her daughter up with as Skeeter explains in chapter 33?

4. What does Aibileen's church give her to celebrate the publication of the book?

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

(see the answer key)

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