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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 is the main topic of conversation at a Community Concerns meeting at Aibileen's church in chapter 16?
(a) Medgar Evers' murder.
(b) Skeeter Phelan's book.
(c) Racial tensions in Jackson.
(d) The March on Washington.

2. In chapter 15, who accuses Aibileen of not teaching Mae Mobley manners?
(a) Mrs. Leefolt's mother.
(b) Mrs. Walters.
(c) Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Mrs. Leefolt.

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

4. What book idea has Skeeter proposed to Mrs. Stein in chapter 8?
(a) Interviews with white housewives about their black maids.
(b) Interviews with black maids about their white employers.
(c) Interviews with black maids about their families.
(d) Interviews with southern women about their families.

5. What chronic condition does Skeeter's mother suffer from at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Stomach ulcers.
(b) Cystic fibrosis.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book does Skeeter steal from the white library in chapter 13 because it has been damaged and defamed?

3. What ailment does Mae Mobley suffer when Aibileen first begins to care for her?

4. What does Skeeter try to give Aibileen at Elizabeth Leefolt's house that Aibileen refuses to take in chapter 8?

5. What does Aibileen tell Skeeter in chapter 11 her grandmother did for a living?

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