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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Skeeter admit caused her some disappointment at first in chapter 12?
(a) That Aibileen is unwilling to help.
(b) That Aibileen is unwilling to get other maids to help.
(c) That Aibileen is doing the writing.
(d) That Aibileen is unwilling to do any of the writing.

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

4. 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.

5. What is the main topic of conversation at a Community Concerns meeting at Aibileen's church in chapter 16?
(a) Skeeter Phelan's book.
(b) The March on Washington.
(c) Racial tensions in Jackson.
(d) Medgar Evers' murder.

6. What does Aibileen reveal in chapter 12 about the kitchen in the governor's mansion?
(a) It has a separate bathroom for the domestic help.
(b) It has a separate eating area for the domestic help.
(c) It has a separate set of dishes for the black workers.
(d) It has a separate refrigerator for the black workers' food.

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

8. What does Aibileen promise all the women she approaches about helping with Skeeter's book will be done to protect their identities?
(a) All names and locations will be changed.
(b) All names and professions will not be changed.
(c) The book will never be sold in Jackson.
(d) The book will never be published.

9. Who lives on Longleaf Plantation?
(a) Hilly Holbrook.
(b) Celia Foote.
(c) Skeeter and her family.
(d) Mrs. Leefolt.

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

11. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) George Patton.
(d) Stonewall Jackson.

12. Who gave Skeeter her nickname?
(a) Constantine.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother, Carlton.
(d) Her father.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows up at Skeeter's door and surprises her in chapter 13?

2. What is the one thing Aibileen admits that she admires about Hilly Holbrook in chapter 14?

3. What is Hotstack?

4. What book does Skeeter steal from the white library in chapter 13 because it has been damaged and defamed?

5. How many interviews with maids does the editor suggest Skeeter include in her book?

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