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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 Stuart take back the marriage proposal he makes to Skeeter in chapter 28?
(a) He claims he does not know her after she tells him about her book.
(b) Hilly tells him about Skeeter's possession of the Jim Crow laws.
(c) He has decided he does not like her sense of style.
(d) He has just learned her mother is dying.

2. Why does Minny think she no longer has a job with the Footes at the end of chapter 17?
(a) Johnny Foote found her in the house and fired her.
(b) Celia's mother-in-law fired her.
(c) Hilly Holbrook told Celia the truth about Minny and Celia fired her.
(d) Celia told her she was fired.

3. Why does Celia Foote refuse to tell her husband she has hired a maid in chapter 3?
(a) She is afriad he will not like the money she is spending on the maid.
(b) She does not want him to know she is afraid to be alone.
(c) She wants him to think she can care for him and the house herself.
(d) She is afraid he will not like having a black maid in the house.

4. With whom does Skeeter plan to share the advance money and subsequent royalty payments with?
(a) All the maids who helped write the book.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Just Aibileen.
(d) Aibileen and Minny.

5. Who has Skeeter pinpointed as her first interviewee for her book in chapter 8?
(a) Minny.
(b) Aibileen.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Hilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mae Mobley at the beginning of chapter 22?

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

3. Why does Aibileen say in chapter 1 that Miss Leefolt cannot soothe her own baby?

4. Why does Hilly express distaste at using Mrs. Leefolt's guest bathroom in chapter 1?

5. How long does Dr. Neal tell Skeeter in chapter 28 her mother has to live?

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