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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What secret does Minny finally reveal to Celia as they wait for the doctor to come in chapter 18?
(a) That she has five kids.
(b) That Elizabeth Leefolt did not really recommend her.
(c) That she was accused of theft by Hilly Holbrook.
(d) That Johnny knows about her.

4. Who tells Aibileen to stay away from Skeeter if she wants to keep her job?
(a) Hilly Holbrook.
(b) Mr. Leefolt.
(c) Mrs. Leefolt.
(d) Minny.

5. What does Skeeter push Stuart to tell her about his ex-fiancee in chapter 19 that causes some tension between them?
(a) Whether they shared a bed.
(b) What caused their break up.
(c) What her feelings regarding the civil rights movement were.
(d) Whether they ever traveled together.

6. Who did Johnny Foote tell Minny he had asked to come play bridge with Celia?
(a) Elizabeth Leefolt.
(b) Mrs. Walters.
(c) Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Skeeter Phelan.

7. What book does Minny discover Johnny Foote is reading in chapter 18?
(a) Stride Toward Freedom.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(d) The Biography of Washington Carver.

8. What appliance does Mrs. Phelan finally allow installed in her house in chapter 21 after receiving doctors orders to do so?
(a) A dish washer.
(b) A refrigertor.
(c) A clothes washer.
(d) Air conditioning.

9. What does Celia tear from Hilly's dress that Hilly later insists Celia make a two hundred dollar donation to the Junior League to make up for?
(a) Her collar.
(b) Her cuff.
(c) Her skirt.
(d) Her hem.

10. What dish is Skeeter left to prepare on New Year's Day?
(a) Black eyed peas.
(b) A turkey feast.
(c) Pinto beans.
(d) A ham.

11. What does Celia have delivered to the house that Minny thinks is homemade alcohol?
(a) A catching tonic.
(b) A celery tonic.
(c) A vitamin tonic.
(d) Hair tonic.

12. What does Minny forbid Skeeter to do in chapter 17?
(a) Go to the Benefit.
(b) Discuss her family business.
(c) Print stories about Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Call Celia Foote.

13. What name has Aibileen chosen to use in the book she is writing with Skeeter?
(a) Abilene Johnson.
(b) Sarah Ross.
(c) Rebecca Jones.
(d) Margret Green.

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

15. What excuse does Aibileen think Skeeter will use for the toilet confusion at Hilly Holbrook's house?
(a) It was someone else.
(b) It was a typo.
(c) It was an accident.
(d) It was a joke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What list does Mrs. Phelan start writing for Skeeter with the understanding that she is dying?

2. 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'?

3. What does Skeeter feel the Whitworth house is a museum in honor of in chapter 20?

4. Who buys a copy of Skeeter and Aibileen's book for Hilly Holbrook?

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

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