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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 does Celia Foote threaten to do in the aftermath of the disaster at the Benefit?
(a) Ignore Hilly Holbrook's overtures of friendship.
(b) Move closer into Jackson.
(c) Write a tell all book about Jackson housewives.
(d) Leave her husband.

2. How does Celia know in chapter 17 that Minny knows how to play bridge?
(a) They played the game once when Minny first came to work for her.
(b) Mrs. Walters told her they used to play together.
(c) She told her.
(d) Minny told Johnny Foote she knew how.

3. Who tells Aibileen to stay away from Skeeter if she wants to keep her job?
(a) Minny.
(b) Mrs. Leefolt.
(c) Mr. Leefolt.
(d) Hilly Holbrook.

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

5. What name has Minny chosen as her secret identity in Skeeter's book?
(a) Sarah Ross.
(b) Gertrude Black.
(c) Toni Franklin.
(d) Rebecca Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment does Minny's son, Benny, suffer?

2. In chapter 27, why does Skeeter claim she continues to go to League meetings?

3. What secret does Minny finally reveal to Celia as they wait for the doctor to come in chapter 18?

4. What instrument does Celia Foote use to protect Minny from a crazy, naked man in chapter 24?

5. Why is Mae Mobley spending less time with Aibileen in chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. Hilly Holbrook wins Minny's chocolate pie in the silent auction at the Benefit. Who bid on the pie for Hilly? Who does she think bid on it for her?

2. What does Skeeter learn about Yule May in chapter 19? What does the letter from Yule May to Skeeter say? What is the result of this situation?

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

4. Who shows up at Elizabeth Leefolt's door in chapter 23 to buy tickets to the League's Children's Benefit? Why is this potentially a disaster for Minny and Aibileen?

5. 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?

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

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

8. What are the secret stories that Aibileen tells Mae Mobley? Why does Aibileen tell these stories?

9. In chapter 24, Minny fights with a naked man in the Foote's backyard. Who is the man? Why is Minny fighting him? What happens?

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

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