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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 is the one thing Aibileen admits that she admires about Hilly Holbrook in chapter 14?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her love for her husband.
(c) Her clothing.
(d) Her love for her children.

2. Why does Aibileen say in chapter 1 that Miss Leefolt cannot soothe her own baby?
(a) She's too inexperienced.
(b) She's too skittish.
(c) She's too skinny.
(d) She's too busy.

3. Who does Aibileen recommend Minny to, lying about Elizabeth Leefolt recommending her as a good maid?
(a) Celia Foote.
(b) Skeeter Phelan.
(c) Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Lou Anne Templeton.

4. For what act does Mrs. Leefolt punish Mae Mobley in chapter 2 that makes Aibileen feel outrage for the child?
(a) Pulling the phone out of her mother's hand.
(b) Spilling flour on the floor.
(c) Breaking one of her toys.
(d) Tearing up her mother's stationary.

5. What does Aibileen tell Minny in chapter 2 that Hilly Hobrook accused her of?
(a) Stealing jewelry.
(b) Not feeding Mrs. Walters.
(c) Not cleaning properly.
(d) Stealing silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main topic of conversation at a Community Concerns meeting at Aibileen's church in chapter 16?

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

3. What ailment does Mae Mobley suffer when Aibileen first begins to care for her?

4. How many babies does Aibileen tell the reader she has cared for in her career?

5. What does Skeeter's mother nag her about in chapter 5?

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. Who is Skeeter Phelan? How does she know Hilly Holbrook? What did Hilly threaten to do in the beginning of chapter 5 to Skeeter?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Hilly Holbrook ask Aibileen that she feels she must answer honestly for Mae Mobley's sake? Why does Hilly ask this question of Aibileen?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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