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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Treelore when he died?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-four.

2. Where does Skeeter get a job in chapter 6?
(a) The Jackson Daily News.
(b) The Junior League newsletter.
(c) The Jackson Journal.
(d) Reader's Digest.

3. How long have Hilly, Skeeter, and Elizabeth been friends?
(a) Since elementary school.
(b) Since infancy.
(c) Since college.
(d) Since high school.

4. What threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?
(a) To cancel the date she has planned with Stuart Whitworth.
(b) To kick her out of the Junior League if she does not publish the bathroom initiative.
(c) To throw her out of the bridge game if she does not stop cheating.
(d) To tell her mother she refuses to follow instructions in editing the League newsletter.

5. What ailment does Mae Mobley suffer when Aibileen first begins to care for her?
(a) Measles.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Colic.
(d) Jaundice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many babies does Aibileen tell the reader she has cared for in her career?

2. Who lives on Longleaf Plantation?

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

4. Who is Pascagoula?

5. What general shares a name with a popular hotel and restaurant in this book?

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