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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. Who did Johnny Foote tell Minny he had asked to come play bridge with Celia?
(a) Mrs. Walters.
(b) Elizabeth Leefolt.
(c) Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Skeeter Phelan.

2. What is in a letter Aibileen gives to Skeeter in chapter 27?
(a) A confession by Yule May.
(b) A resume.
(c) Her reasons for pulling out of the book project.
(d) The truth of why Constantine left.

3. What tree does Celia Foote keep threatening to cut down in her yard?
(a) The pecan tree.
(b) The mimosa tree.
(c) The magnolia tree.
(d) The peach tree.

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

5. Who was Carl Roberts?
(a) A friend of Stuart Whitworth.
(b) A black man jailed for a sit in at a lunch counter.
(c) A white activist in Mississippi.
(d) A young black man lynched from speaking out against the Mississippi governor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Skeeter go in chapter 19 to cool off in the overwhelming heat?

2. Who is waiting for Skeeter as she arrives home at the end of chapter 27?

3. Why does Stuart take back the marriage proposal he makes to Skeeter in chapter 28?

4. How much time does Mrs. Stein cut off of Skeeter's deadline for completing her book in chapter 26?

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. In chapter 22, it is Mae Mobley's birthday. What kind of cake does Aibileen want to make? Why? What kind does Elizabeth Leefolt insist on Aibileen making?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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