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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item in the living room of the Foote residence frightens Minny?
(a) A Confederate pistol.
(b) A full size, stuffed grizzly bear.
(c) A Confederate flag.
(d) A blood colored stain on the shag carpet.

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

3. What is Skeeter doing when she runs into Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt in chapter 15?
(a) Biking.
(b) Playing golf.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Playing tennis.

4. Who does Skeeter mail the chapter with Aibileen's story to in chapter 12?
(a) An editor at Harper's Bizarre.
(b) Carlton, her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Mrs. Stein.

5. What one housekeeping skill is Celia Foote very bad at, as revealed in chapter 3?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Polishing silver.
(c) Vaccuuming.
(d) Cleaning.

6. What item does Skeeter take to carrying around in chapter 11?
(a) A large canvas backpack.
(b) A green army knapsack.
(c) A black attache case with a broken latch.
(d) A red satchel that her grandmother once used for her gardening tools.

7. 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) Breaking one of her toys.
(c) Pulling the phone out of her mother's hand.
(d) Tearing up her mother's stationary.

8. Why have nearly half a dozen maids refused to work for Celia Foote, as revealed in chapter 3?
(a) She refuses to tell her husband about hiring a maid.
(b) The house is too large and it is too much work.
(c) She does not offer to pay enough.
(d) She is too odd.

9. What does Aibileen promise all the women she approaches about helping with Skeeter's book will be done to protect their identities?
(a) All names and locations will be changed.
(b) The book will never be sold in Jackson.
(c) The book will never be published.
(d) All names and professions will not be changed.

10. Who gave Skeeter her nickname?
(a) Constantine.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother, Carlton.

11. Who has Skeeter pinpointed as her first interviewee for her book in chapter 8?
(a) Aibileen.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Minny.
(d) Hilly.

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

13. Who visits the Phelans in chapter 9?
(a) Constantine, their former maid.
(b) Carlton, Skeeter's brother.
(c) Hilly Holbrook.
(d) Elizabeth Leefolt.

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

15. Who does Aibileen recommend Minny to, lying about Elizabeth Leefolt recommending her as a good maid?
(a) Skeeter Phelan.
(b) Lou Anne Templeton.
(c) Celia Foote.
(d) Hilly Holbrook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much younger than Aibileen is Minny Jackson?

2. Who does Skeeter ask for advice in regards to her new job in chapter 6?

3. Why does Hilly express distaste at using Mrs. Leefolt's guest bathroom in chapter 1?

4. What gesture would Constantine use to let Skeeter knew she wanted her to pay close attention to her?

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

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