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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. How old was Treelore when he died?

2. What does Aibileen tell Minny in chapter 2 that Hilly Hobrook accused her of?

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

4. What are Yule May, Hilly Holbrook's maid, and her husband saving up for as she tells Aibileen in chapter 16?

5. Who has Skeeter pinpointed as her first interviewee for her book in chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who sets up the first date between Stuart Whitworth and Skeeter? How does it go?

5. Who does Aibileen go to work for at the beginning of the novel? What happened just a few months before she accepted this job?

6. What are the interviews like between Skeeter and Minny? Who does Minny refuse to allow Skeeter to place in her book?

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

8. What does Skeeter show to Aibileen in chapter 14? Why does Aibileen later show this same thing to Minny?

9. 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?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Minny's home life. How does Minny's husband treat her? Why does Minny not stand up for herself to her husband as she does with the white women who employ her? Why does Leroy throw a dish at Minny's forehead? What does Minny tell Celia about this injury? Why does Leroy later lock Minny in the house and threaten to burn the house down around her? What does Minny do after this happens? What does Aibileen recommend Minny do in reaction to Leroy's behavior? Does she? How does this suggest a happy ending for Minny at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hilly's bathroom initiative. What is it? What is the point behind it? Why would Hilly think that sharing a bathroom with a black person could lead to the exchange of deadly diseases? Why does Hilly pressure Mrs. Leefolt into building a bathroom in the car port for Aibileen? How does Aibileen feel about this? What happens when Aibileen takes Mae Mobley into the new bathroom constructed for Aibileen's use? What does Mrs. Leefolt do when Mae Mobley attempts to use the bathroom in the carport? How does this inspire Aibileen to begins sharing secret stories with Mae Mobley?

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