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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Celia Foote use to protect Minny from a crazy, naked man in chapter 24?
(a) An antique sword.
(b) A fireplace poker.
(c) A broom handle.
(d) A hunting knife.

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

3. What does Celia Foote threaten to do in the aftermath of the disaster at the Benefit?
(a) Ignore Hilly Holbrook's overtures of friendship.
(b) Move closer into Jackson.
(c) Write a tell all book about Jackson housewives.
(d) Leave her husband.

4. 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) Color blind.
(c) All the same size.
(d) More open minded.

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

6. Why does Minny fear for her job in chapter 24?
(a) Hilly Holbrook found out she works for Celia Foote.
(b) Leroy showed up at the Foote house and caused trouble.
(c) Mr. Johnny is unhappy with her work.
(d) Celia is angry with her again.

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

8. Where does Skeeter go in chapter 19 to cool off in the overwhelming heat?
(a) The local department store.
(b) The house.
(c) The Cadillac.
(d) Hilly's house.

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

10. Who calls Minny at home in the beginning of chapter 26 to speak about Celia Foote?
(a) Johnny Foote.
(b) Hilly Holbrook.
(c) Aibileen.
(d) Skeeter Phelan.

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

12. What ailment does Minny's son, Benny, suffer?
(a) Severe allergies.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Colic.

13. What new gadget has Celia Foote bought that Minny is impressed by in chapter 30?
(a) A television remote control.
(b) An automatic dishwasher.
(c) A garbage disposal.
(d) A self propelled vaccuum cleaner.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What famous literary character does Skeeter compare herself to in chapter 27?

5. Who does Skeeter reveal she paid twenty-five dollars each to put the thirty plus toilets on Hilly's front lawn?

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