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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. Why does Stuart fail to greet his own parents in chapter 28 when he and Skeeter see them during a dinner out?
(a) Skeeter is drunk.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He wants to keep Skeeter to himself.
(d) Skeeter's skirt is too short.

2. What does Minny forbid Skeeter to do in chapter 17?
(a) Call Celia Foote.
(b) Discuss her family business.
(c) Print stories about Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Go to the Benefit.

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

4. What book does Minny discover Johnny Foote is reading in chapter 18?
(a) Stride Toward Freedom.
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(c) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(d) The Biography of Washington Carver.

5. 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) Pascagoula's brothers.
(c) Her own brother and a friend.
(d) Aibileen's cousin and nephew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What actress does Skeeter note is on the cover of Life magazine?

2. Who calls Minny at home in the beginning of chapter 26 to speak about Celia Foote?

3. How long does Dr. Neal tell Skeeter in chapter 28 her mother has to live?

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

5. What does Mrs. Phelan tell the Whitworths Skeeter has been writing about in chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. Why does Celia threaten to leave her husband in chapter 26? How does Minny talk her out of it?

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

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

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