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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 Skeeter refuse to tell her mother of her break up with Stuart?
(a) She is embarrassed.
(b) She does not want to hear 'I told you so'.
(c) She does not want to disappoint her.
(d) She is hoping he will come back.

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) Minny told Johnny Foote she knew how.
(c) Mrs. Walters told her they used to play together.
(d) She told her.

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

4. Why does Pascagoula tell Skeeter in chapter 19 that no one would work for her mother except her?
(a) Her affiliation with the Daughters of the Revolution.
(b) Her treatment of Skeeter.
(c) Her treatment of Constantine.
(d) Her refusal to pay a fair wage.

5. Why does Celia think Hilly does not like her, a misunderstanding she wants to clear up in chapter 25?
(a) Hilly thinks Celia has told lies about her around town.
(b) Hilly thinks Johnny cheated on her with Celia.
(c) Hilly thinks Celia stole Minny with a promise of higher wages.
(d) Hilly thinks Celia trapped Johnny into marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attracts a large amount of attention upon her arrival at the Benefit?

2. What new gadget has Celia Foote bought that Minny is impressed by in chapter 30?

3. What does Skeeter feel the Whitworth house is a museum in honor of in chapter 20?

4. What does Mae Mobley do when she sees the toilets on Hilly Holbrook's front lawn in chapter 22?

5. Who does Skeeter reveal she paid twenty-five dollars each to put the thirty plus toilets on Hilly's front lawn?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Minny insist on adding to her section of the book? For what reason?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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