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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Less prone to bad moods.
(b) More open minded.
(c) All the same size.
(d) Color blind.

2. Why does Skeeter refuse to tell her mother of her break up with Stuart?
(a) She is embarrassed.
(b) She does not want to hear 'I told you so'.
(c) She does not want to disappoint her.
(d) She is hoping he will come back.

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

4. What does Hilly announce at the League meeting in chapter 26 that officially cuts Skeeter out of her final tenuous attachment to Jackson social society?
(a) Hilly has decided to disban the Jackson League.
(b) Hilly has voted to end the newsletter.
(c) Hilly has thrown Skeeter out of the League.
(d) Hilly will take over as editor of the newsletter.

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

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

7. 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 skirt.
(b) Her collar.
(c) Her cuff.
(d) Her hem.

8. What name has Minny chosen as her secret identity in Skeeter's book?
(a) Gertrude Black.
(b) Toni Franklin.
(c) Rebecca Jones.
(d) Sarah Ross.

9. Who does Skeeter reveal she paid twenty-five dollars each to put the thirty plus toilets on Hilly's front lawn?
(a) Her own brother and a friend.
(b) Aibileen's cousin and nephew.
(c) Stuart and her brother.
(d) Pascagoula's brothers.

10. Who is waiting for Skeeter as she arrives home at the end of chapter 27?
(a) Hilly.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Dr. Neal.
(d) Elizabeth.

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

12. What war does Skeeter see a news report about on the television in chapter 19?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) World War II.
(c) War on drugs.
(d) Korean War.

13. 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 not to let Skeeter marry Stuart.
(c) She has decided to seek alternative treatments.
(d) She has decided not to die.

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

15. 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) Prozac.
(b) Midol.
(c) Valium.
(d) Metamucil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what name does Skeeter plan to publish her book?

2. Why is Mae Mobley spending less time with Aibileen in chapter 29?

3. Why does Minny think she no longer has a job with the Footes at the end of chapter 17?

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

5. What modern convenience does Skeeter's mother refuse to have added to the house as Skeeter explains in chapter 19?

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