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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. In chapter 27, why does Skeeter claim she continues to go to League meetings?
(a) She hopes Hilly will someday forgive her.
(b) She is editor of the newsletter.
(c) It is her civic duty.
(d) Elizabeth is still her friend.

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

3. What famous literary character does Skeeter compare herself to in chapter 27?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Holden Caulfield.
(c) Cathrine Linton.
(d) Boo Radley.

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

5. What does Celia Foote threaten to do in the aftermath of the disaster at the Benefit?
(a) Move closer into Jackson.
(b) Write a tell all book about Jackson housewives.
(c) Leave her husband.
(d) Ignore Hilly Holbrook's overtures of friendship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the Junior League Benefit for Children held in chapter 25?

3. What name has Minny chosen as her secret identity in Skeeter's book?

4. Under what name does Skeeter plan to publish her book?

5. What does Hilly announce at the League meeting in chapter 26 that officially cuts Skeeter out of her final tenuous attachment to Jackson social society?

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

3. What does Mrs. Stein ask Skeeter to add to the book in chapter 27? What does Skeeter ask Aibileen in order to help her with this?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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