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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley about using Aibileen's toilet in chapter 7?
(a) She will get injured walking to the carport.
(b) She will get some terrible disease.
(c) She will fall into the comode.
(d) She will spoil Aibileen's privacy.

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

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

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

8. Why does Hilly express distaste at using Mrs. Leefolt's guest bathroom in chapter 1?
(a) It is the same bathroom the black maid, Aibileen, uses.
(b) It is too small.
(c) It is the same bathroom the yard man uses.
(d) It is dirty.

9. What milestone has Mae Mobley entered in chapter 7?
(a) Potty training time.
(b) The beginning of preschool.
(c) She just began to talk.
(d) She just began to walk.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Skeeter's mother nag her about in chapter 5?
(a) Getting a haircut.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Getting a home of her own.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What college did Skeeter graduate from?

3. How old was Treelore when he died?

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

5. What deadline is Skeeter originally given for her book in chapter 12?

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