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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what act does Mrs. Leefolt punish Mae Mobley in chapter 2 that makes Aibileen feel outrage for the child?
(a) Breaking one of her toys.
(b) Spilling flour on the floor.
(c) Pulling the phone out of her mother's hand.
(d) Tearing up her mother's stationary.

2. Who, in chapter 16, approaches Aibileen at a Community Concerns Meeting at her church about Skeeter's book?
(a) Minny.
(b) Louvenia.
(c) Yule May.
(d) Goldella.

3. 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.

4. What item in the living room of the Foote residence frightens Minny?
(a) A Confederate flag.
(b) A Confederate pistol.
(c) A blood colored stain on the shag carpet.
(d) A full size, stuffed grizzly bear.

5. Where does Skeeter get a job in chapter 6?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) The Junior League newsletter.
(c) The Jackson Daily News.
(d) The Jackson Journal.

6. Who does Aibileen recommend Minny to, lying about Elizabeth Leefolt recommending her as a good maid?
(a) Lou Anne Templeton.
(b) Hilly Holbrook.
(c) Skeeter Phelan.
(d) Celia Foote.

7. Why does Hilly express distaste at using Mrs. Leefolt's guest bathroom in chapter 1?
(a) It is the same bathroom the black maid, Aibileen, uses.
(b) It is dirty.
(c) It is the same bathroom the yard man uses.
(d) It is too small.

8. Who visits the Phelans in chapter 9?
(a) Hilly Holbrook.
(b) Elizabeth Leefolt.
(c) Constantine, their former maid.
(d) Carlton, Skeeter's brother.

9. What book does Skeeter steal from the white library in chapter 13 because it has been damaged and defamed?
(a) The Biography of Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(d) Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.

10. What does Hilly give to Aibileen after a bridge party in chapter 12?
(a) A collection of mismatched silver.
(b) Old clothes from her mother's house.
(c) A stack of old books.
(d) Old clothes for charity.

11. What news does Elizabeth Leefolt announce to Skeeter and Hilly in chapter 12?
(a) She is firing Aibileen.
(b) She is divorcing Raleigh.
(c) She is giving Mae Mobley up for adoption.
(d) She is pregnant.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Shinalator?

2. Where does Hilly Holbrook invite Mrs. Leefolt and Mae Mobley to go in chapter 15?

3. Who does Hilly Holbrook set up a date for Skeeter with in chapter 5?

4. What is the main topic of conversation at a Community Concerns meeting at Aibileen's church in chapter 16?

5. Why does Celia Foote refuse to tell her husband she has hired a maid in chapter 3?

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