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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hilly express distaste at using Mrs. Leefolt's guest bathroom in chapter 1?
(a) It is dirty.
(b) It is the same bathroom the black maid, Aibileen, uses.
(c) It is too small.
(d) It is the same bathroom the yard man uses.

2. What point of view is used in this novel?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Second person.

3. What deadline is Skeeter originally given for her book in chapter 12?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) February.

4. What book idea has Skeeter proposed to Mrs. Stein in chapter 8?
(a) Interviews with white housewives about their black maids.
(b) Interviews with black maids about their white employers.
(c) Interviews with southern women about their families.
(d) Interviews with black maids about their families.

5. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) George Patton.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Stonewall Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Aibileen admits that she admires about Hilly Holbrook in chapter 14?

2. Who does Aibileen recommend Minny to, lying about Elizabeth Leefolt recommending her as a good maid?

3. What threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?

4. What political office is Hilly's husband running for as she announces in chapter 12?

5. With whom does Skeeter have a date in chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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