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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 does Skeeter admit caused her some disappointment at first in chapter 12?
(a) That Aibileen is unwilling to do any of the writing.
(b) That Aibileen is unwilling to help.
(c) That Aibileen is doing the writing.
(d) That Aibileen is unwilling to get other maids to help.

2. What does Skeeter try to give Aibileen at Elizabeth Leefolt's house that Aibileen refuses to take in chapter 8?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothing.
(c) A new job.
(d) Jewelry.

3. What ailment does Mae Mobley suffer when Aibileen first begins to care for her?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Jaundice.
(c) Colic.
(d) Measles.

4. Who does Hilly Holbrook set up a date for Skeeter with in chapter 5?
(a) William Holbrook.
(b) Stuart Townsend.
(c) Stuart Whitworth.
(d) Johnny Foote.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book idea has Skeeter proposed to Mrs. Stein in chapter 8?

2. What is Skeeter doing when she runs into Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt in chapter 15?

3. Why does Minny tell Aibileen she needs to find a new job in chapter 2?

4. Who has Skeeter pinpointed as her first interviewee for her book in chapter 8?

5. Who visits the Phelans in chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Why does Skeeter begin visiting Aibileen at Mrs. Leefolt's house? What does Skeeter talk to Aibileen about?

(see the answer keys)

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