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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 college did Skeeter graduate from?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Ole Miss.
(c) University of Texas at Austin.
(d) Stanford.

2. What item does Skeeter take to carrying around in chapter 11?
(a) A large canvas backpack.
(b) A red satchel that her grandmother once used for her gardening tools.
(c) A green army knapsack.
(d) A black attache case with a broken latch.

3. What did Robert Brown do for Aibileen in the aftermath of Treelore's death?
(a) Cleaned out Treelore's apartment.
(b) Made repairs around the house.
(c) Did some grocery shopping for her.
(d) Mowed her yard free of charge.

4. Who visits the Phelans in chapter 9?
(a) Constantine, their former maid.
(b) Hilly Holbrook.
(c) Carlton, Skeeter's brother.
(d) Elizabeth Leefolt.

5. Why does one of Aibileen's grown white children tell her he still does not drink coffee in chapter 7?
(a) She told him it would stunt his growth.
(b) She told him it would make his asthma worse.
(c) She told him it would give him ulcers.
(d) She told him it would make him turn colored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aibileen promise all the women she approaches about helping with Skeeter's book will be done to protect their identities?

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

3. What is Hotstack?

4. What milestone has Mae Mobley entered in chapter 7?

5. How long have Hilly, Skeeter, and Elizabeth been friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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