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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 appliance does Mrs. Phelan finally allow installed in her house in chapter 21 after receiving doctors orders to do so?
(a) A refrigertor.
(b) A dish washer.
(c) A clothes washer.
(d) Air conditioning.

2. What does Mrs. Phelan tell the Whitworths Skeeter has been writing about in chapter 20?
(a) Housekeeping hints.
(b) Black maids working in white households in the south.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The civil rights movement.

3. Who buys a copy of Skeeter and Aibileen's book for Hilly Holbrook?
(a) Mrs. Walters.
(b) Lou Anne.
(c) Skeeter.
(d) Elizabeth.

4. What does Celia call Minny at the end of chapter 17 that makes Minny annoyed with Celia?
(a) Irritant.
(b) Servant.
(c) Friend.
(d) Maid.

5. What secret does Minny finally reveal to Celia as they wait for the doctor to come in chapter 18?
(a) That she was accused of theft by Hilly Holbrook.
(b) That Elizabeth Leefolt did not really recommend her.
(c) That she has five kids.
(d) That Johnny knows about her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What excuse does Aibileen think Skeeter will use for the toilet confusion at Hilly Holbrook's house?

4. Why does Pascagoula tell Skeeter in chapter 19 that no one would work for her mother except her?

5. Why does Skeeter think the maids in the state senator's house are looking at her oddly in chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How are most of the women at the Benefit dressed? How does Celia Foote stand out?

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

10. 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?

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