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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 threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?
(a) To kick her out of the Junior League if she does not publish the bathroom initiative.
(b) To tell her mother she refuses to follow instructions in editing the League newsletter.
(c) To throw her out of the bridge game if she does not stop cheating.
(d) To cancel the date she has planned with Stuart Whitworth.

2. What one housekeeping skill is Celia Foote very bad at, as revealed in chapter 3?
(a) Polishing silver.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Vaccuuming.
(d) Cleaning.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why have nearly half a dozen maids refused to work for Celia Foote, as revealed in chapter 3?

5. Who is Mrs. Stein?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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?

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