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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Aibileen say in chapter 1 that Miss Leefolt cannot soothe her own baby?
(a) She's too busy.
(b) She's too skinny.
(c) She's too inexperienced.
(d) She's too skittish.

6. What does Aibileen write in a small blue notepad?
(a) Her fictional stories.
(b) Her thoughts and emotions.
(c) Her prayers.
(d) Her grocery lists.

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

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

9. In chapter 15, who accuses Aibileen of not teaching Mae Mobley manners?
(a) Mrs. Leefolt.
(b) Mrs. Leefolt's mother.
(c) Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Mrs. Walters.

10. Who is Patricia van Devender?
(a) William Holbrook's cousin.
(b) Stuart Whitworth's former fiancee.
(c) Stuart Farnsworth's sister.
(d) Johnny Foote's mother-in-law.

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

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

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

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

15. On what day is Celia supposed to tell her husband that she has hired Minny as their maid?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) New Year's Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hotstack?

2. What does Skeeter admit caused her some disappointment at first in chapter 12?

3. What gesture would Constantine use to let Skeeter knew she wanted her to pay close attention to her?

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

5. What does Skeeter's mother nag her about in chapter 5?

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