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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley about using Aibileen's toilet in chapter 7?
(a) She will fall into the comode.
(b) She will spoil Aibileen's privacy.
(c) She will get injured walking to the carport.
(d) She will get some terrible disease.

2. How many interviews with maids does the editor suggest Skeeter include in her book?
(a) Five or six.
(b) Twenty or more.
(c) Twelve or more.
(d) Thirty or less.

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

4. What milestone has Mae Mobley entered in chapter 7?
(a) Potty training time.
(b) She just began to talk.
(c) The beginning of preschool.
(d) She just began to walk.

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

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

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

8. Where does Hilly Holbrook invite Mrs. Leefolt and Mae Mobley to go in chapter 15?
(a) Robert E. Lee hotel.
(b) Blackshire Club.
(c) Jackson Country Club.
(d) Broadmoore pool.

9. 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 house.
(b) A down payment on a new car.
(c) Tuition for their daughter to go to college.
(d) Tuition for their twin sons to go to college.

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

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

12. What job did Skeeter apply before in her final days at college?
(a) Copywriter for Harper & Row.
(b) Copywriter for a New York magazine.
(c) Editor for Harper & Row.
(d) Editor for a New York magazine.

13. With whom does Skeeter have a date in chapter 9?
(a) William Holbrook.
(b) Stuart Farnsworth.
(c) Stuart Whitworth.
(d) Johnny Foote.

14. What threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?
(a) To tell her mother she refuses to follow instructions in editing the League newsletter.
(b) To kick her out of the Junior League if she does not publish the bathroom initiative.
(c) To throw her out of the bridge game if she does not stop cheating.
(d) To cancel the date she has planned with Stuart Whitworth.

15. What does Skeeter's mother nag her about in chapter 5?
(a) Getting a haircut.
(b) Getting a home of her own.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Getting a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Skeeter her nickname?

2. Who visits the Phelans in chapter 9?

3. Who is Mrs. Stein?

4. What is the Shinalator?

5. What does Aibileen tell Minny in chapter 2 that Hilly Hobrook accused her of?

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