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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 does Aibileen tell Minny in chapter 2 that Hilly Hobrook accused her of?
(a) Stealing jewelry.
(b) Not feeding Mrs. Walters.
(c) Not cleaning properly.
(d) Stealing silver.

2. What are Yule May, Hilly Holbrook's maid, and her husband saving up for as she tells Aibileen in chapter 16?
(a) Tuition for their daughter to go to college.
(b) A down payment on a new car.
(c) Tuition for their twin sons to go to college.
(d) A down payment on a new house.

3. Who does Skeeter ask Aibileen about at the end of chapter 1?
(a) Louvenia, Lou Anne's maid.
(b) Minny, Mrs. Walters' maid.
(c) Constantine, her family's former maid.
(d) Treelore, Aibileen's son.

4. What is the Shinalator?
(a) A hair dryer.
(b) A hair conditioner.
(c) A silver polishing machine.
(d) A floor polishing machine.

5. What does Hilly give to Aibileen after a bridge party in chapter 12?
(a) Old clothes for charity.
(b) A stack of old books.
(c) Old clothes from her mother's house.
(d) A collection of mismatched silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Skeeter admit caused her some disappointment at first in chapter 12?

2. What is the main topic of conversation at a Community Concerns meeting at Aibileen's church in chapter 16?

3. Who does Skeeter mail the chapter with Aibileen's story to in chapter 12?

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

5. Who, in chapter 16, approaches Aibileen at a Community Concerns Meeting at her church about Skeeter's book?

(see the answer key)

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