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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 gesture would Constantine use to let Skeeter knew she wanted her to pay close attention to her?
(a) She would cup Skeeter's chin in her hand.
(b) She would tap herself on the chest.
(c) She would press her thumb into Skeeter's palm.
(d) She would tap her finger on her own chin.

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 black attache case with a broken latch.
(d) A green army knapsack.

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

4. Why does Celia Foote refuse to tell her husband she has hired a maid in chapter 3?
(a) She does not want him to know she is afraid to be alone.
(b) She wants him to think she can care for him and the house herself.
(c) She is afriad he will not like the money she is spending on the maid.
(d) She is afraid he will not like having a black maid in the house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Patricia van Devender?

2. What does Aibileen reveal in chapter 12 about the kitchen in the governor's mansion?

3. What college did Skeeter graduate from?

4. What book does Skeeter steal from the white library in chapter 13 because it has been damaged and defamed?

5. What does Hilly give to Aibileen after a bridge party in chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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