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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Johnny Foote tell Minny he had asked to come play bridge with Celia?
(a) Skeeter Phelan.
(b) Elizabeth Leefolt.
(c) Mrs. Walters.
(d) Hilly Holbrook.

2. Why does Skeeter refuse to tell her mother of her break up with Stuart?
(a) She does not want to disappoint her.
(b) She is hoping he will come back.
(c) She is embarrassed.
(d) She does not want to hear 'I told you so'.

3. In chapter 27, why does Skeeter claim she continues to go to League meetings?
(a) She is editor of the newsletter.
(b) She hopes Hilly will someday forgive her.
(c) It is her civic duty.
(d) Elizabeth is still her friend.

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

5. 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.

6. 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) He claims he does not know her after she tells him about her book.
(c) Hilly tells him about Skeeter's possession of the Jim Crow laws.
(d) He has decided he does not like her sense of style.

7. Why does Skeeter think the maids in the state senator's house are looking at her oddly in chapter 20?
(a) They think she is not good enough for Stuart.
(b) They know about her book.
(c) They dislike her hair.
(d) They dislike her clothing.

8. How much does Skeeter tell Aibileen Harper and Row has agreed to pay as an advance for the book?
(a) A thousand dollars.
(b) Two thousand dollars.
(c) Eight hundred dollars.
(d) Sixty five dollars.

9. What war does Skeeter see a news report about on the television in chapter 19?
(a) Korean War.
(b) War on drugs.
(c) World War II.
(d) Vietnam War.

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

11. What new gadget has Celia Foote bought that Minny is impressed by in chapter 30?
(a) A television remote control.
(b) An automatic dishwasher.
(c) A self propelled vaccuum cleaner.
(d) A garbage disposal.

12. What does Skeeter's mother announce to her at the end of Chapter 28?
(a) She has decided to seek alternative treatments.
(b) She has decided to commit suicide.
(c) She has decided not to die.
(d) She has decided not to let Skeeter marry Stuart.

13. 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) Aibileen's cousin and nephew.
(c) Her own brother and a friend.
(d) Stuart and her brother.

14. What does Mae Mobley do when she sees the toilets on Hilly Holbrook's front lawn in chapter 22?
(a) She uses one.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She cries.
(d) She tells Aibileen to take her home.

15. Why did Constantine give her daughter to an orphanage in Chicago when she was just a little girl?
(a) Her skin was too white for her to go unnoticed in the south.
(b) Constantine was single and could not care for her.
(c) Constantine was hiding her from her biological father.
(d) She was ill and Constantine no longer wanted her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mae Mobley at the beginning of chapter 22?

2. Who attracts a large amount of attention upon her arrival at the Benefit?

3. What does Celia call Minny at the end of chapter 17 that makes Minny annoyed with Celia?

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

5. With whom does Skeeter plan to share the advance money and subsequent royalty payments with?

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