View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aibileen reveal in chapter 12 about the kitchen in the governor's mansion?
(a) It has a separate bathroom for the domestic help.
(b) It has a separate set of dishes for the black workers.
(c) It has a separate eating area for the domestic help.
(d) It has a separate refrigerator for the black workers' food.

2. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?
(a) George Patton.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Stonewall Jackson.

3. What does Skeeter admit caused her some disappointment at first in chapter 12?
(a) That Aibileen is unwilling to do any of the writing.
(b) That Aibileen is unwilling to help.
(c) That Aibileen is doing the writing.
(d) That Aibileen is unwilling to get other maids to help.

4. Who did Celia's husband date before he married Celia?
(a) Hilly Holbrook.
(b) Elizabeth Leefolt.
(c) Lou Anne Templeton.
(d) Skeeter Phelan.

5. Who is Miss Myrna?
(a) The name of a weekly love advice column.
(b) The name of a weekly housecleaning column.
(c) A maid in Jackson.
(d) Skeeter's new boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Patricia van Devender?

2. Where does Hilly Holbrook invite Mrs. Leefolt and Mae Mobley to go in chapter 15?

3. Why does Minny tell Aibileen she needs to find a new job in chapter 2?

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

5. What is Skeeter doing when she runs into Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt in chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 308 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample