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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley she will not go to college in chapter 2?
(a) Mrs. Leefolt is spending unnecessary money building a bathroom for Aibileen.
(b) Mrs. Leefolt overspent on a shopping trip.
(c) Mrs. Leefolt hired a maid they cannot afford.
(d) Mrs. Leefolt donated too much to a Junior League charity.

2. 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.

3. What is the Shinalator?
(a) A hair conditioner.
(b) A silver polishing machine.
(c) A floor polishing machine.
(d) A hair dryer.

4. What kind of party does Mrs. Leefolt have in the first chapter of the book?
(a) Bridge party.
(b) Tupperware party.
(c) Birthday party.
(d) Cocktail party.

5. What does Aibileen tell Skeeter in chapter 11 her grandmother did for a living?
(a) She was a house slave.
(b) She was a maid.
(c) She was a wet nurse.
(d) She was a teacher.

6. What item does Skeeter take to carrying around in chapter 11?
(a) A large canvas backpack.
(b) A red satchel that her grandmother once used for her gardening tools.
(c) A green army knapsack.
(d) A black attache case with a broken latch.

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

8. What college did Skeeter graduate from?
(a) University of Texas at Austin.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Ole Miss.
(d) UCLA.

9. 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 southern women about their families.
(d) Interviews with black maids about their families.

10. What point of view is used in this novel?
(a) Third person.
(b) Third person omniscient.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

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

12. What is Hotstack?
(a) A new magazine in Mississippi.
(b) A store in Jackson.
(c) A black community near Longleaf.
(d) A type of dish in Mississippi.

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

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

15. Who does Skeeter ask Aibileen about at the end of chapter 1?
(a) Minny, Mrs. Walters' maid.
(b) Treelore, Aibileen's son.
(c) Louvenia, Lou Anne's maid.
(d) Constantine, her family's former maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?

2. Why does one of Aibileen's grown white children tell her he still does not drink coffee in chapter 7?

3. Who does Aibileen recommend Minny to, lying about Elizabeth Leefolt recommending her as a good maid?

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

5. What chronic condition does Skeeter's mother suffer from at the beginning of the novel?

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