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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. When Skeeter calls Aibileen in chapter 19 to tell her Yule May's decision, what does Aibileen say she was told about Yule May's working status?
(a) She has begun working for Lou Anne.
(b) She has decided to move out of the area.
(c) She moved to Mrs. Leefolt's house.
(d) She no longer works for Hilly Holbrook.

2. What does Celia write in chapter 26 on a check made out to the Junior League?
(a) For the torn dress.
(b) For starving children in Africa.
(c) For Two-Slice Hilly.
(d) For the spoiled housewives of Jackson.

3. Under what name does Skeeter plan to publish her book?
(a) Skeeter Phelan.
(b) Anonymous.
(c) Rebecca Whitworth.
(d) Eugenia Phelan.

4. What new gadget has Celia Foote bought that Minny is impressed by in chapter 30?
(a) A self propelled vaccuum cleaner.
(b) An automatic dishwasher.
(c) A television remote control.
(d) A garbage disposal.

5. Why is Mae Mobley spending less time with Aibileen in chapter 29?
(a) Aibileen no longer works for the Leefolts.
(b) She has begun preschool.
(c) Aibileen spends more time with baby Ross.
(d) She has moved in with her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Skeeter think the maids in the state senator's house are looking at her oddly in chapter 20?

2. What modern convenience does Skeeter's mother refuse to have added to the house as Skeeter explains in chapter 19?

3. What does Celia Foote threaten to do in the aftermath of the disaster at the Benefit?

4. Why does Stuart take back the marriage proposal he makes to Skeeter in chapter 28?

5. What does Aibileen's church give her to celebrate the publication of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Minny feel that Celia Foote does not understand the line between whites and blacks?

2. What does Mrs. Stein tell Skeeter in chapter 27 about the deadline for the book? How does this change things?

3. What is the Terrible Awful? Why does Minny tell it to Celia in chapter 26?

4. With whom does Skeeter and her parents have dinner in chapter 20? What happens between Skeeter and Stuart during this evening?

5. What does Celia tell her husband, Johnny Foote, that prompts him to tell Minny she will have a job for life in chapter 30?

6. In chapter 18, Minny finds Celia in the bathroom of her bedroom. What has happened to Celia? How does this explain her odd behavior since Minny came to work for her?

7. Who has Skeeter started dating in chapter 19? Why does she refuse to go to Biloxi with him?

8. What does Mrs. Stein ask Skeeter to add to the book in chapter 27? What does Skeeter ask Aibileen in order to help her with this?

9. What does Dr. Neal tell Skeeter in chapter 28 that her mother is suffering? What are her prospects?

10. How are most of the women at the Benefit dressed? How does Celia Foote stand out?

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