View a FREE sample

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) Robert E. Lee hotel.
(b) Blackshire Club.
(c) Jackson Country Club.
(d) Broadmoore pool.

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

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

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

5. Why does Minny tell Aibileen she needs to find a new job in chapter 2?
(a) Hilly wants Minny to come to work for her so she told lies to Mrs. Walters about Minny.
(b) Hilly wants to put Mrs. Walters in a nursing home.
(c) Hilly fired Minny for not feeding her mother.
(d) Hilly fired Minny for stealing.

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

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. What did Robert Brown do for Aibileen in the aftermath of Treelore's death?
(a) Made repairs around the house.
(b) Mowed her yard free of charge.
(c) Cleaned out Treelore's apartment.
(d) Did some grocery shopping for her.

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

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

11. What are Yule May, Hilly Holbrook's maid, and her husband saving up for as she tells Aibileen in chapter 16?
(a) A down payment on a new car.
(b) Tuition for their daughter to go to college.
(c) A down payment on a new house.
(d) Tuition for their twin sons to go to college.

12. Who is Miss Myrna?
(a) A maid in Jackson.
(b) The name of a weekly love advice column.
(c) Skeeter's new boss.
(d) The name of a weekly housecleaning column.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aibileen say in chapter 1 that Miss Leefolt cannot soothe her own baby?

2. How long have Hilly, Skeeter, and Elizabeth been friends?

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

4. What one housekeeping skill is Celia Foote very bad at, as revealed in chapter 3?

5. Why does Hilly claim that blacks and white should never attend the same school together in chapter 14?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 591 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample