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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Stuart fail to greet his own parents in chapter 28 when he and Skeeter see them during a dinner out?
(a) He wants to keep Skeeter to himself.
(b) Skeeter's skirt is too short.
(c) Skeeter is drunk.
(d) He is drunk.

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

3. How much time has passed between chapter 28 and chapter 29?
(a) A month.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) A year.
(d) Six months.

4. Why does Mr. Leefolt instruct his wife to have his daughter's preschool teacher changed?
(a) Mae Mobley tells him her teacher taught her about sit ins and bus boycotts.
(b) Mae Mobley tells him her teacher hit her.
(c) Mae Mobley claims the teacher allowed another student to hit her.
(d) Mae Mobley claims her teacher does not teach her anything.

5. Who shows up at Skeeter's door and surprises her in chapter 13?
(a) William Holbrook.
(b) Johnny Foote.
(c) Stuart Farnsworth.
(d) Stuart Whitworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Minny suggest Hilly can never tell anyone what she knows about the book Skeeter wrote?

2. Why does Hilly claim that blacks and white should never attend the same school together in chapter 14?

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

4. What does Celia Foote threaten to do in the aftermath of the disaster at the Benefit?

5. What does Lou Anne say she will not vote Hilly for in January?

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