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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What one housekeeping skill is Celia Foote very bad at, as revealed in chapter 3?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Polishing silver.
(d) Vaccuuming.

2. What does Aibileen reveal in chapter 12 about the kitchen in the governor's mansion?
(a) It has a separate set of dishes for the black workers.
(b) It has a separate eating area for the domestic help.
(c) It has a separate refrigerator for the black workers' food.
(d) It has a separate bathroom for the domestic help.

3. What is the Shinalator?
(a) A silver polishing machine.
(b) A hair dryer.
(c) A hair conditioner.
(d) A floor polishing machine.

4. What point of view is used in this novel?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

5. Who is Mrs. Stein?
(a) A maid working in Jackson.
(b) A neighbor to Longleaf.
(c) An editor for Harper & Row.
(d) A friend of Skeeter's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley she will not go to college in chapter 2?

2. Who is Miss Myrna?

3. Where does Hilly Holbrook invite Mrs. Leefolt and Mae Mobley to go in chapter 15?

4. What are Yule May, Hilly Holbrook's maid, and her husband saving up for as she tells Aibileen in chapter 16?

5. Who lives on Longleaf Plantation?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 10, Celia locks herself in the bathroom and yells at Minny when she comes to change the bedsheets. What does this and other odd behaviors say about Celia?

2. Who is killed blocks from Aibileen's home? What is the aftermath of this death?

3. What does Skeeter show to Aibileen in chapter 14? Why does Aibileen later show this same thing to Minny?

4. How does the first interview between Skeeter and Aibileen go? What does Skeeter think will happen next?

5. What does Hilly Holbrook complain about at Elizabeth Leefolt's? How does this lead to the Leefolt's building a new bathroom in the carport of their home?

6. Who is Yule May? What does she want to speak to Aibileen about at a meeting at their church?

7. What letter does Skeeter receive in chapter 6 that inspires her to begin searching for a writing job and to find unique topics to write about?

8. How did Minny Jackson get an interview with Celia Foote? What happens at the interview?

9. What does Aibileen write in her small notebook? How did she get into this habit?

10. What are the interviews like between Skeeter and Minny? Who does Minny refuse to allow Skeeter to place in her book?

(see the answer keys)

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