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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Minny forbid Skeeter to do in chapter 17?
(a) Go to the Benefit.
(b) Print stories about Hilly Holbrook.
(c) Call Celia Foote.
(d) Discuss her family business.

2. Why does Minny fear for her job in chapter 24?
(a) Leroy showed up at the Foote house and caused trouble.
(b) Hilly Holbrook found out she works for Celia Foote.
(c) Mr. Johnny is unhappy with her work.
(d) Celia is angry with her again.

3. What does Celia Foote threaten to do in the aftermath of the disaster at the Benefit?
(a) Leave her husband.
(b) Move closer into Jackson.
(c) Ignore Hilly Holbrook's overtures of friendship.
(d) Write a tell all book about Jackson housewives.

4. What does Hilly announce at the League meeting in chapter 26 that officially cuts Skeeter out of her final tenuous attachment to Jackson social society?
(a) Hilly has decided to disban the Jackson League.
(b) Hilly has voted to end the newsletter.
(c) Hilly will take over as editor of the newsletter.
(d) Hilly has thrown Skeeter out of the League.

5. 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 tell her mother she refuses to follow instructions in editing the League newsletter.
(c) To throw her out of the bridge game if she does not stop cheating.
(d) To kick her out of the Junior League if she does not publish the bathroom initiative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tree does Celia Foote keep threatening to cut down in her yard?

2. What name has Aibileen chosen to use in the book she is writing with Skeeter?

3. What one housekeeping skill is Celia Foote very bad at, as revealed in chapter 3?

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

5. What does Celia write in chapter 26 on a check made out to the Junior League?

(see the answer key)

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