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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Aibileen tell Minny in chapter 2 that Hilly Hobrook accused her of?
(a) Stealing jewelry.
(b) Not feeding Mrs. Walters.
(c) Not cleaning properly.
(d) Stealing silver.

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

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

10. 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 twin sons to go to college.
(c) Tuition for their daughter to go to college.
(d) A down payment on a new house.

11. What item does Skeeter take to carrying around in chapter 11?
(a) A green army knapsack.
(b) A large canvas backpack.
(c) A red satchel that her grandmother once used for her gardening tools.
(d) A black attache case with a broken latch.

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

13. Who is Pascagoula?
(a) The Footes' maid.
(b) The Phelans' maid.
(c) The Holbrooks' maid.
(d) The Leefolts' maid.

14. Why have nearly half a dozen maids refused to work for Celia Foote, as revealed in chapter 3?
(a) She is too odd.
(b) She refuses to tell her husband about hiring a maid.
(c) She does not offer to pay enough.
(d) The house is too large and it is too much work.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who has Skeeter pinpointed as her first interviewee for her book in chapter 8?

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

5. Who does Skeeter ask for advice in regards to her new job in chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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