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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Aibileen say in chapter 1 that Miss Leefolt cannot soothe her own baby?
(a) She's too inexperienced.
(b) She's too skinny.
(c) She's too skittish.
(d) She's too busy.

2. Why did Constantine give her daughter to an orphanage in Chicago when she was just a little girl?
(a) She was ill and Constantine no longer wanted her.
(b) Constantine was single and could not care for her.
(c) Her skin was too white for her to go unnoticed in the south.
(d) Constantine was hiding her from her biological father.

3. Why have nearly half a dozen maids refused to work for Celia Foote, as revealed in chapter 3?
(a) She is too odd.
(b) The house is too large and it is too much work.
(c) She does not offer to pay enough.
(d) She refuses to tell her husband about hiring a maid.

4. What does Celia have delivered to the house that Minny thinks is homemade alcohol?
(a) A catching tonic.
(b) A celery tonic.
(c) A vitamin tonic.
(d) Hair tonic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What war does Skeeter see a news report about on the television in chapter 19?

2. What does Skeeter's mother nag her about in chapter 5?

3. How old was Treelore when he died?

4. Who did Johnny Foote tell Minny he had asked to come play bridge with Celia?

5. What gesture would Constantine use to let Skeeter knew she wanted her to pay close attention to her?

(see the answer key)

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