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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Hilly express distaste at using Mrs. Leefolt's guest bathroom in chapter 1?
(a) It is too small.
(b) It is dirty.
(c) It is the same bathroom the yard man uses.
(d) It is the same bathroom the black maid, Aibileen, uses.

3. What threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?
(a) To tell her mother she refuses to follow instructions in editing the League newsletter.
(b) To kick her out of the Junior League if she does not publish the bathroom initiative.
(c) To cancel the date she has planned with Stuart Whitworth.
(d) To throw her out of the bridge game if she does not stop cheating.

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

5. What ailment does Mae Mobley suffer when Aibileen first begins to care for her?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Jaundice.
(c) Colic.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aibileen say in chapter 1 that Miss Leefolt cannot soothe her own baby?

2. Who is Miss Myrna?

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

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

5. What is Skeeter's christian name?

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