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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What list does Mrs. Phelan start writing for Skeeter with the understanding that she is dying?
(a) A list of things every new bride should know.
(b) A list of skills every new mother should know.
(c) A what not to wear list.
(d) A what not to say in public list.

2. Why does Celia think Hilly does not like her, a misunderstanding she wants to clear up in chapter 25?
(a) Hilly thinks Celia has told lies about her around town.
(b) Hilly thinks Celia trapped Johnny into marriage.
(c) Hilly thinks Johnny cheated on her with Celia.
(d) Hilly thinks Celia stole Minny with a promise of higher wages.

3. In chapter 27, why does Skeeter claim she continues to go to League meetings?
(a) She hopes Hilly will someday forgive her.
(b) She is editor of the newsletter.
(c) Elizabeth is still her friend.
(d) It is her civic duty.

4. What does Aibileen's church give her to celebrate the publication of the book?
(a) A painted portrait.
(b) A book signed by everyone in the church.
(c) A plaque with her name on it.
(d) A new Bible.

5. How does Celia know in chapter 17 that Minny knows how to play bridge?
(a) Mrs. Walters told her they used to play together.
(b) She told her.
(c) Minny told Johnny Foote she knew how.
(d) They played the game once when Minny first came to work for her.

6. Who was Carl Roberts?
(a) A friend of Stuart Whitworth.
(b) A young black man lynched from speaking out against the Mississippi governor.
(c) A black man jailed for a sit in at a lunch counter.
(d) A white activist in Mississippi.

7. What actress does Skeeter note is on the cover of Life magazine?
(a) Katherine Hepburn.
(b) Rita Hayworth.
(c) Audrey Hepburn.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor.

8. Why does Minny think she no longer has a job with the Footes at the end of chapter 17?
(a) Celia's mother-in-law fired her.
(b) Celia told her she was fired.
(c) Hilly Holbrook told Celia the truth about Minny and Celia fired her.
(d) Johnny Foote found her in the house and fired her.

9. How long does Dr. Neal tell Skeeter in chapter 28 her mother has to live?
(a) Years.
(b) Moments.
(c) A few months.
(d) Days.

10. Why does Stuart take back the marriage proposal he makes to Skeeter in chapter 28?
(a) Hilly tells him about Skeeter's possession of the Jim Crow laws.
(b) He has just learned her mother is dying.
(c) He claims he does not know her after she tells him about her book.
(d) He has decided he does not like her sense of style.

11. Why does Pascagoula tell Skeeter in chapter 19 that no one would work for her mother except her?
(a) Her refusal to pay a fair wage.
(b) Her treatment of Skeeter.
(c) Her treatment of Constantine.
(d) Her affiliation with the Daughters of the Revolution.

12. What does Dr. Tate accuse Celia of in chapter 18?
(a) Alcohol use.
(b) Drug use.
(c) Intentionally causing her miscarriages.
(d) Laziness.

13. What does Mrs. Phelan tell the Whitworths Skeeter has been writing about in chapter 20?
(a) Black maids working in white households in the south.
(b) The civil rights movement.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Housekeeping hints.

14. What new pill does Skeeter read about in the newspaper in chapter 19 that is hailed as a pill 'to help women cope with everyday challenges'?
(a) Metamucil.
(b) Midol.
(c) Valium.
(d) Prozac.

15. What does Skeeter feel the Whitworth house is a museum in honor of in chapter 20?
(a) The War Between the States.
(b) His parents.
(c) His dead grandfather.
(d) Mississippi State.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appliance does Mrs. Phelan finally allow installed in her house in chapter 21 after receiving doctors orders to do so?

2. Where does Skeeter go in chapter 19 to cool off in the overwhelming heat?

3. How long does Celia stay in bed after the disaster at the Benefit?

4. Where is the Junior League Benefit for Children held in chapter 25?

5. When does Skeeter mail the manuscript to Harper and Row?

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