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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. Who is Patricia van Devender?
(a) Stuart Whitworth's former fiancee.
(b) William Holbrook's cousin.
(c) Stuart Farnsworth's sister.
(d) Johnny Foote's mother-in-law.

2. Where does Skeeter get a job in chapter 6?
(a) The Jackson Journal.
(b) The Jackson Daily News.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) The Junior League newsletter.

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

4. What chronic condition does Skeeter's mother suffer from at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Cystic fibrosis.
(b) Stomach ulcers.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

5. Who, in chapter 16, approaches Aibileen at a Community Concerns Meeting at her church about Skeeter's book?
(a) Goldella.
(b) Louvenia.
(c) Minny.
(d) Yule May.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hilly Holbrook set up a date for Skeeter with in chapter 5?

2. With whom does Skeeter have a date in chapter 9?

3. What one housekeeping skill is Celia Foote very bad at, as revealed in chapter 3?

4. What job did Skeeter apply before in her final days at college?

5. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Aibileen begin telling Mae Mobley she is a smart, kind girl?

5. What does Aibileen ask of Skeeter during their sixth session together working on Skeeter's book?

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

7. Who is Constantine? What does Skeeter think happened to her?

8. What rules did Minny's mother tell her about working for a white woman? Which rule does Minny constantly break?

9. 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?

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

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