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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 news does Elizabeth Leefolt announce to Skeeter and Hilly in chapter 12?
(a) She is divorcing Raleigh.
(b) She is firing Aibileen.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is giving Mae Mobley up for adoption.

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

3. What does Aibileen write in a small blue notepad?
(a) Her grocery lists.
(b) Her thoughts and emotions.
(c) Her prayers.
(d) Her fictional stories.

4. On what day is Celia supposed to tell her husband that she has hired Minny as their maid?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Valentine's Day.

5. What does Aibileen tell Skeeter in chapter 11 her grandmother did for a living?
(a) She was a maid.
(b) She was a teacher.
(c) She was a house slave.
(d) She was a wet nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture would Constantine use to let Skeeter knew she wanted her to pay close attention to her?

2. What threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?

3. Why does Celia Foote refuse to tell her husband she has hired a maid in chapter 3?

4. Who did Celia's husband date before he married Celia?

5. What item does Skeeter accidentally leave at behind in chapter 13 when she rushes out of the League meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who sets up the first date between Stuart Whitworth and Skeeter? How does it go?

5. What was Treelore hoping to do before his death? How did Aibileen feel about this?

6. What does Miss Celia do that Minny finds odd? Why does Minny have trouble teaching Miss Celia to cook?

7. Why does Skeeter try to pay money to Aibileen in chapter 8? How does Aibileen react?

8. What does Celia spend most of her days doing? What is the result?

9. Who does Aibileen go to work for at the beginning of the novel? What happened just a few months before she accepted this job?

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

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