2. What does Hilly Holbrook complain about at Elizabeth Leefolt's? How does this lead to the Leefolt's building a new bathroom in the carport of their home?

3. What does Aibileen write in her small notebook? How did she get into this habit?

4. What rules did Minny's mother tell her about working for a white woman? Which rule does Minny constantly break?

5. Who is Yule May? What does she want to speak to Aibileen about at a meeting at their church?

6. 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?

7. What does Aibileen ask of Skeeter during their sixth session together working on Skeeter's book?

8. Who is killed blocks from Aibileen's home? What is the aftermath of this death?

9. What was Treelore hoping to do before his death? How did Aibileen feel about this?

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

Who is Aibileen? What does she mean when she says that she has raised seventeen children? Why does Aibileen not remain with these kids until adulthood? What changes in the children that Aibileen finds hard to deal with? How could this frequent change in employment lead to trouble for Aibileen? What happened shortly before Aibileen went to work for the Leefolts? How did this tragedy come about? How has it impacted Aibileen? How did this tragedy make Aibileen more open to falling in love with Mae Mobley? How does Mrs. Leefolt treat her only child? What causes this? What does Aibileen do about it?

Essay Topic 2

What does Hilly find in Skeeter's satchel that makes her think Skeeter is a supporter of civil rights? How does Hilly react to this? Why does she react in this way? What is Hilly's opinion of the treatment of blacks in Jackson? How is this reflected by her actions and comments? How does this impact Skeeter's social status in Jackson after Hilly finds something questionable in Skeeter's satchel? What does Skeeter think Hilly found? How does this lead to fear on hers and Aibileen's parts? What does Aibileen overhear that makes Skeeter feel better about the situation?