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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. How common does Aibileen tell Skeeter it was for women to give up their children to care for white families?
(a) Everyone did it.
(b) Rare.
(c) Not common, but it was done.
(d) Very common.

2. Who does Skeeter reveal she paid twenty-five dollars each to put the thirty plus toilets on Hilly's front lawn?
(a) Stuart and her brother.
(b) Aibileen's cousin and nephew.
(c) Her own brother and a friend.
(d) Pascagoula's brothers.

3. Why did Constantine give her daughter to an orphanage in Chicago when she was just a little girl?
(a) Her skin was too white for her to go unnoticed in the south.
(b) Constantine was single and could not care for her.
(c) Constantine was hiding her from her biological father.
(d) She was ill and Constantine no longer wanted her.

4. What name does Skeeter, Aibileen, and Minny chose for the book they are writing?
(a) Colored Domestics and their Southern Families.
(b) The Help.
(c) Southern Domestics.
(d) Southern Help.

5. How old is Mae Mobley at the beginning of chapter 22?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Minny discover Johnny Foote is reading in chapter 18?

2. What name has Aibileen chosen to use in the book she is writing with Skeeter?

3. What dish is Skeeter left to prepare on New Year's Day?

4. With whom does Skeeter plan to share the advance money and subsequent royalty payments with?

5. What reason does Stuart give Skeeter in chapter 28 for not working on the oil rigs any longer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 28, Skeeter goes shopping and finally finds her own style. What style is that? What has inspired it?

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

3. What begins to happen throughout town as people begin to read Skeeter's book?

4. What happens at Hilly Holbrook's house in chapter 22? Who is responsible?

5. What television show discusses Skeeter's book in chapter 29? What is the result?

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

7. Why does Skeeter feel it is important to change the location and names in the book she is writing?

8. What does Hilly tell Skeeter to publish in the League newsletter or she will throw her out of the league?

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

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

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