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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Skeeter, Aibileen, and Minny chose for the book they are writing?
(a) Southern Domestics.
(b) Colored Domestics and their Southern Families.
(c) Southern Help.
(d) The Help.

2. Why is Mae Mobley spending less time with Aibileen in chapter 29?
(a) Aibileen no longer works for the Leefolts.
(b) She has begun preschool.
(c) She has moved in with her grandmother.
(d) Aibileen spends more time with baby Ross.

3. What does Skeeter's mother announce to her at the end of Chapter 28?
(a) She has decided to commit suicide.
(b) She has decided to seek alternative treatments.
(c) She has decided not to die.
(d) She has decided not to let Skeeter marry Stuart.

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

5. With whom does Skeeter plan to share the advance money and subsequent royalty payments with?
(a) Aibileen and Minny.
(b) Just Aibileen.
(c) All the maids who helped write the book.
(d) Her mother.

6. What modern convenience does Skeeter's mother refuse to have added to the house as Skeeter explains in chapter 19?
(a) Air conditioning.
(b) Convection oven.
(c) Refrigeration.
(d) Fax.

7. 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) They played the game once when Minny first came to work for her.
(c) She told her.
(d) Minny told Johnny Foote she knew how.

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

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

10. Who is Pascagoula's cousin?
(a) Aibileen.
(b) Minny.
(c) Louvenia.
(d) Yule May.

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

12. What is in a letter Aibileen gives to Skeeter in chapter 27?
(a) A resume.
(b) A confession by Yule May.
(c) The truth of why Constantine left.
(d) Her reasons for pulling out of the book project.

13. What tree does Celia Foote keep threatening to cut down in her yard?
(a) The mimosa tree.
(b) The magnolia tree.
(c) The peach tree.
(d) The pecan tree.

14. What does Celia call Minny at the end of chapter 17 that makes Minny annoyed with Celia?
(a) Servant.
(b) Maid.
(c) Irritant.
(d) Friend.

15. Who attracts a large amount of attention upon her arrival at the Benefit?
(a) Hilly Holbrook.
(b) Elizabeth Leefolt.
(c) Minny Jackson.
(d) Celia Foote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Minny fear for her job in chapter 24?

2. What does Minny say God would have made people if he had intended for whites and blacks to spend a large amount of time together?

3. What does Minny forbid Skeeter to do in chapter 17?

4. What reason does Stuart give Skeeter in chapter 28 for not working on the oil rigs any longer?

5. How old is Mae Mobley at the beginning of chapter 22?

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