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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 actress does Skeeter note is on the cover of Life magazine?
(a) Katherine Hepburn.
(b) Elizabeth Taylor.
(c) Rita Hayworth.
(d) Audrey Hepburn.

2. How long does Celia stay in bed after the disaster at the Benefit?
(a) One day.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Four days.

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

4. Why does Stuart take back the marriage proposal he makes to Skeeter in chapter 28?
(a) He has just learned her mother is dying.
(b) He has decided he does not like her sense of style.
(c) Hilly tells him about Skeeter's possession of the Jim Crow laws.
(d) He claims he does not know her after she tells him about her book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Stuart fail to greet his own parents in chapter 28 when he and Skeeter see them during a dinner out?

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

3. Who did Johnny Foote tell Minny he had asked to come play bridge with Celia?

4. What tree does Celia Foote keep threatening to cut down in her yard?

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

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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