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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Skeeter reveal she paid twenty-five dollars each to put the thirty plus toilets on Hilly's front lawn?
(a) Pascagoula's brothers.
(b) Stuart and her brother.
(c) Aibileen's cousin and nephew.
(d) Her own brother and a friend.

2. What reason does Stuart give Skeeter in chapter 28 for not working on the oil rigs any longer?
(a) He dislikes the work.
(b) He does not have the body strength anymore.
(c) He is too important to his company to get that dirty.
(d) He would have to leave her.

3. What captivates Mrs. Leefolt most about People Will Talk's review of Skeeter and Aibileen's book?
(a) The review of Little Big Man.
(b) The newly decorated set of the show.
(c) The appearance of her sorority sister on the show.
(d) The speculation the book was written about Jackson.

4. What dish is Skeeter left to prepare on New Year's Day?
(a) A ham.
(b) Black eyed peas.
(c) A turkey feast.
(d) Pinto beans.

5. How common does Aibileen tell Skeeter it was for women to give up their children to care for white families?
(a) Very common.
(b) Rare.
(c) Not common, but it was done.
(d) Everyone did it.

6. What name has Minny chosen as her secret identity in Skeeter's book?
(a) Sarah Ross.
(b) Toni Franklin.
(c) Rebecca Jones.
(d) Gertrude Black.

7. Why does Stuart take back the marriage proposal he makes to Skeeter in chapter 28?
(a) He has just learned her mother is dying.
(b) Hilly tells him about Skeeter's possession of the Jim Crow laws.
(c) He has decided he does not like her sense of style.
(d) He claims he does not know her after she tells him about her book.

8. Who is waiting for Skeeter as she arrives home at the end of chapter 27?
(a) Hilly.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Dr. Neal.
(d) Elizabeth.

9. What does Celia write in chapter 26 on a check made out to the Junior League?
(a) For the spoiled housewives of Jackson.
(b) For Two-Slice Hilly.
(c) For the torn dress.
(d) For starving children in Africa.

10. Under what name does Skeeter plan to publish her book?
(a) Eugenia Phelan.
(b) Anonymous.
(c) Rebecca Whitworth.
(d) Skeeter Phelan.

11. Why is Mae Mobley spending less time with Aibileen in chapter 29?
(a) Aibileen spends more time with baby Ross.
(b) Aibileen no longer works for the Leefolts.
(c) She has begun preschool.
(d) She has moved in with her grandmother.

12. Who calls Minny at home in the beginning of chapter 26 to speak about Celia Foote?
(a) Hilly Holbrook.
(b) Skeeter Phelan.
(c) Johnny Foote.
(d) Aibileen.

13. Who buys a copy of Skeeter and Aibileen's book for Hilly Holbrook?
(a) Skeeter.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Mrs. Walters.
(d) Lou Anne.

14. How much time does Mrs. Stein cut off of Skeeter's deadline for completing her book in chapter 26?
(a) A month.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two weeks.

15. Who is the Benefit to benefit?
(a) Poor Starving Children of Africa.
(b) The local schools.
(c) The Starving Children of Ethiopia.
(d) The poor of Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much time has passed between chapter 28 and chapter 29?

3. Who tells Aibileen to stay away from Skeeter if she wants to keep her job?

4. What actress does Skeeter note is on the cover of Life magazine?

5. 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?

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