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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who, in chapter 16, approaches Aibileen at a Community Concerns Meeting at her church about Skeeter's book?
2. What milestone has Mae Mobley entered in chapter 7?
3. How old was Treelore when he died?
4. What point of view is used in this novel?
5. Why does Celia Foote refuse to tell her husband she has hired a maid in chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Minny Jackson get an interview with Celia Foote? What happens at the interview?
2. What worries Minny about the day that Celia Foote will tell her husband that she has hired a maid? How does Johnny Foote finally find out about Minny?
3. What does Miss Celia do that Minny finds odd? Why does Minny have trouble teaching Miss Celia to cook?
4. In chapter 10, Celia locks herself in the bathroom and yells at Minny when she comes to change the bedsheets. What does this and other odd behaviors say about Celia?
5. What does Aibileen write in her small notebook? How did she get into this habit?
6. What does Celia spend most of her days doing? What is the result?
7. Why does Aibileen begin telling Mae Mobley she is a smart, kind girl?
8. Who is killed blocks from Aibileen's home? What is the aftermath of this death?
9. How does the first interview between Skeeter and Aibileen go? What does Skeeter think will happen next?
10. Who is Constantine? What does Skeeter think happened to her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What happens at the first interview between Skeeter and Aibileen? Why does Aibileen have trouble telling her stories to Skeeter? Why does Aibileen suggest she begin writing down her stories? How does Skeeter react to this? Why is Skeeter reluctant to let Aibileen do any of the writing? Why does she eventually change her mind? What does Skeeter do with Aibileen's chapter for the book? How does this lead to a deadline for the book? What is Aibileen's role in the writing of the book after she has told her own stories?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Minny Jackson? What does she do for a living? Why does she find herself searching for a job in the early chapters of the novel? What trouble does she run into while looking for a job? Why is this? Why does Minny blame herself for much of her job hunting trouble? Is Minny really to blame for her inability to find a job? Who does Minny serve the Terrible, Awful thing to? Why does she call it the Terrible, Awful? What did Minny do? Why did she do this? What was the consequence of this action? How does Minny feel about what she has done?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Skeeter make it Aibileen's job to ask other maids to help with their book? How many does Aibileen ask? How many initially agree to help? What causes the reaction Aibileen receives from the other maids? What does Aibileen tell the reader a white woman might do to a maid who speaks out about their treatment in a private home? What impact could this situation cause to a maid and her family? Why does Aibileen not fear these consequences?
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