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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what act does Mrs. Leefolt punish Mae Mobley in chapter 2 that makes Aibileen feel outrage for the child?
(a) Spilling flour on the floor.
(b) Pulling the phone out of her mother's hand.
(c) Tearing up her mother's stationary.
(d) Breaking one of her toys.

2. Why does Minny tell Aibileen she needs to find a new job in chapter 2?
(a) Hilly fired Minny for not feeding her mother.
(b) Hilly wants to put Mrs. Walters in a nursing home.
(c) Hilly fired Minny for stealing.
(d) Hilly wants Minny to come to work for her so she told lies to Mrs. Walters about Minny.

3. Where does Hilly Holbrook invite Mrs. Leefolt and Mae Mobley to go in chapter 15?
(a) Blackshire Club.
(b) Broadmoore pool.
(c) Robert E. Lee hotel.
(d) Jackson Country Club.

4. Who, in chapter 16, approaches Aibileen at a Community Concerns Meeting at her church about Skeeter's book?
(a) Minny.
(b) Yule May.
(c) Louvenia.
(d) Goldella.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aibileen promise all the women she approaches about helping with Skeeter's book will be done to protect their identities?

2. What does Aibileen tell Skeeter in chapter 11 her grandmother did for a living?

3. What item does Skeeter accidentally leave at behind in chapter 13 when she rushes out of the League meeting?

4. What is the main topic of conversation at a Community Concerns meeting at Aibileen's church in chapter 16?

5. What does Mrs. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley about using Aibileen's toilet in chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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