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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 throw her out of the bridge game if she does not stop cheating.
(d) To cancel the date she has planned with Stuart Whitworth.

2. 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.

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

4. 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) She refuses to tell her husband about hiring a maid.
(d) The house is too large and it is too much work.

5. Where does Hilly Holbrook invite Mrs. Leefolt and Mae Mobley to go in chapter 15?
(a) Blackshire Club.
(b) Jackson Country Club.
(c) Robert E. Lee hotel.
(d) Broadmoore pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Brown do for Aibileen in the aftermath of Treelore's death?

2. Who is Mrs. Stein?

3. On what day is Celia supposed to tell her husband that she has hired Minny as their maid?

4. What item does Skeeter accidentally leave at behind in chapter 13 when she rushes out of the League meeting?

5. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?

(see the answer key)

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