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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What deadline is Skeeter originally given for her book in chapter 12?
(a) December.
(b) March.
(c) February.
(d) January.

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

7. 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.

8. How many babies does Aibileen tell the reader she has cared for in her career?
(a) 5.
(b) 17.
(c) 3.
(d) 19.

9. Who does Skeeter mail the chapter with Aibileen's story to in chapter 12?
(a) Carlton, her brother.
(b) An editor at Harper's Bizarre.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Mrs. Stein.

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

11. 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.

12. What is Skeeter doing when she runs into Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt in chapter 15?
(a) Playing tennis.
(b) Playing golf.
(c) Biking.
(d) Swimming.

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

14. What gesture would Constantine use to let Skeeter knew she wanted her to pay close attention to her?
(a) She would cup Skeeter's chin in her hand.
(b) She would press her thumb into Skeeter's palm.
(c) She would tap herself on the chest.
(d) She would tap her finger on her own chin.

15. What is the one thing Aibileen admits that she admires about Hilly Holbrook in chapter 14?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her clothing.
(c) Her love for her husband.
(d) Her love for her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Stein?

2. In chapter 15, who accuses Aibileen of not teaching Mae Mobley manners?

3. Why have nearly half a dozen maids refused to work for Celia Foote, as revealed in chapter 3?

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

5. What political office is Hilly's husband running for as she announces in chapter 12?

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