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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Pascagoula?
(a) The Leefolts' maid.
(b) The Footes' maid.
(c) The Phelans' maid.
(d) The Holbrooks' maid.

3. 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 yard man uses.
(c) It is the same bathroom the black maid, Aibileen, uses.
(d) It is too small.

4. Who is Patricia van Devender?
(a) Stuart Farnsworth's sister.
(b) William Holbrook's cousin.
(c) Johnny Foote's mother-in-law.
(d) Stuart Whitworth's former fiancee.

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

6. What is Skeeter's christian name?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Eugenia.
(c) Georgina.
(d) Hillary.

7. How many babies does Aibileen tell the reader she has cared for in her career?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

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

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

10. Who does Hilly Holbrook set up a date for Skeeter with in chapter 5?
(a) William Holbrook.
(b) Stuart Townsend.
(c) Johnny Foote.
(d) Stuart Whitworth.

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

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

13. How much younger than Aibileen is Minny Jackson?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Seventeen years.
(d) Ten years.

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

15. What threat did Hilly make against Skeeter early in the novel that causes her angst in chapter 5?
(a) To tell her mother she refuses to follow instructions in editing the League newsletter.
(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 cancel the date she has planned with Stuart Whitworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Stein?

2. What is Hotstack?

3. What point of view is used in this novel?

4. Who did Celia's husband date before he married Celia?

5. In chapter 15, who accuses Aibileen of not teaching Mae Mobley manners?

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