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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Hotstack?
(a) A black community near Longleaf.
(b) A type of dish in Mississippi.
(c) A store in Jackson.
(d) A new magazine in Mississippi.

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

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

7. What political office is Hilly's husband running for as she announces in chapter 12?
(a) State senate.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Congress.
(d) Governor.

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

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

10. Who shows up at Skeeter's door and surprises her in chapter 13?
(a) Johnny Foote.
(b) Stuart Farnsworth.
(c) Stuart Whitworth.
(d) William Holbrook.

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

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

13. Who did Celia's husband date before he married Celia?
(a) Skeeter Phelan.
(b) Hilly Holbrook.
(c) Lou Anne Templeton.
(d) Elizabeth Leefolt.

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

15. What is Skeeter's christian name?
(a) Hillary.
(b) Eugenia.
(c) Georgina.
(d) Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many babies does Aibileen tell the reader she has cared for in her career?

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

3. Who does Aibileen recommend Minny to, lying about Elizabeth Leefolt recommending her as a good maid?

4. What threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?

5. Who lives on Longleaf Plantation?

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