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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) Tearing up her mother's stationary.
(b) Breaking one of her toys.
(c) Spilling flour on the floor.
(d) Pulling the phone out of her mother's hand.

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

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

4. What ailment does Mae Mobley suffer when Aibileen first begins to care for her?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Jaundice.
(c) Measles.
(d) Colic.

5. How old was Treelore when he died?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Seventeen.

6. What one housekeeping skill is Celia Foote very bad at, as revealed in chapter 3?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Polishing silver.
(c) Vaccuuming.
(d) Cleaning.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. What item does Skeeter accidentally leave at behind in chapter 13 when she rushes out of the League meeting?
(a) Her coat.
(b) Her car keys.
(c) Her satchel.
(d) Her purse.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Patricia van Devender?

2. Who does Skeeter ask Aibileen about at the end of chapter 1?

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

4. What did Robert Brown do for Aibileen in the aftermath of Treelore's death?

5. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?

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