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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. What does Skeeter admit caused her some disappointment at first in chapter 12?

2. Who is Pascagoula?

3. Who does Hilly Holbrook set up a date for Skeeter with in chapter 5?

4. Who does Skeeter ask Aibileen about at the end of chapter 1?

5. Why does Mr. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley she will not go to college in chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Aibileen begin telling Mae Mobley she is a smart, kind girl?

2. Who is Skeeter Phelan? How does she know Hilly Holbrook? What did Hilly threaten to do in the beginning of chapter 5 to Skeeter?

3. Who is Constantine? What does Skeeter think happened to her?

4. What does Celia spend most of her days doing? What is the result?

5. How does the first interview between Skeeter and Aibileen go? What does Skeeter think will happen next?

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

7. What does Hilly Holbrook ask Aibileen that she feels she must answer honestly for Mae Mobley's sake? Why does Hilly ask this question of Aibileen?

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

9. Why does Skeeter try to pay money to Aibileen in chapter 8? How does Aibileen react?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Skeeter do that causes her to lose all her friends? Why did Skeeter do this? What did it prove? Did it change anything? How does Skeeter feel about this change in her social life? Is Skeeter saddened by the loss of her friends? Did Skeeter truly consider Hilly her friend? How do Aibileen and Minny feel about what has happened to Skeeter? How does this treatment of Skeeter by those in Jackson force her to make a life altering decision? How does this ousting by the social caste compare to Celia Foote's place in Jackson society? Why do you think the author felt the need to create two such parallel characters?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Stuart Whitworth? How does Skeeter meet him? What happens at this first meeting? Why does Skeeter leave this meeting feeling humiliated? What does Skeeter perceive as the reason why she has trouble attracting men? Does this have anything to do with Stuart's initial rudeness toward Skeeter? Why does Stuart come back and begin taking Skeeter out again? How does Skeeter respond to Stuart's attentions? How does this change the way Skeeter feels about herself? What does Skeeter learn happened between Skeeter and his ex-fiance? Why should this have warned Skeeter that Stuart would not be supportive of the book she is writing? What happens when Skeeter finally tells Stuart about her book?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Minny think Celia is crazy? What does Celia spend her days doing? How is this different from the behavior of the other women Minny has worked for? Why does Celia escape into the second floor of her home several times a day? What does Minny think she is doing up there? What is Celia really doing up there? What is the cause of Celia's odd behaviors? Why do none of the women in Jackson accept Celia into their social circle? What does Celia believe the problem is? How does she go about fixing it? What happens? What story does Minny tell Celia that appears to help her understand the women of Jackson better?

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