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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Minny tell Aibileen she needs to find a new job in chapter 2?
(a) Hilly fired Minny for not feeding her mother.
(b) Hilly wants to put Mrs. Walters in a nursing home.
(c) Hilly fired Minny for stealing.
(d) Hilly wants Minny to come to work for her so she told lies to Mrs. Walters about Minny.

2. What job did Skeeter apply before in her final days at college?
(a) Copywriter for Harper & Row.
(b) Copywriter for a New York magazine.
(c) Editor for Harper & Row.
(d) Editor for a New York magazine.

3. How many babies does Aibileen tell the reader she has cared for in her career?
(a) 3.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 5.

4. How old was Treelore when he died?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Seventeen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Skeeter ask Aibileen about at the end of chapter 1?

2. Who is Pascagoula?

3. What is Hotstack?

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

5. What item in the living room of the Foote residence frightens Minny?

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