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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aibileen tell Minny in chapter 2 that Hilly Hobrook accused her of?
(a) Stealing jewelry.
(b) Not feeding Mrs. Walters.
(c) Stealing silver.
(d) Not cleaning properly.

2. What job did Skeeter apply before in her final days at college?
(a) Editor for Harper & Row.
(b) Editor for a New York magazine.
(c) Copywriter for a New York magazine.
(d) Copywriter for Harper & Row.

3. What is Hotstack?
(a) A store in Jackson.
(b) A new magazine in Mississippi.
(c) A type of dish in Mississippi.
(d) A black community near Longleaf.

4. What did Robert Brown do for Aibileen in the aftermath of Treelore's death?
(a) Did some grocery shopping for her.
(b) Mowed her yard free of charge.
(c) Made repairs around the house.
(d) Cleaned out Treelore's apartment.

5. 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 throw her out of the bridge game if she does not stop cheating.
(c) To kick her out of the Junior League if she does not publish the bathroom initiative.
(d) To cancel the date she has planned with Stuart Whitworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Treelore when he died?

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

3. Where does Hilly Holbrook invite Mrs. Leefolt and Mae Mobley to go in chapter 15?

4. What does Aibileen tell Skeeter in chapter 11 her grandmother did for a living?

5. Why does Minny tell Aibileen she needs to find a new job in chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is killed blocks from Aibileen's home? What is the aftermath of this death?

2. What letter does Skeeter receive in chapter 6 that inspires her to begin searching for a writing job and to find unique topics to write about?

3. What does Hilly Holbrook ask Aibileen that she feels she must answer honestly for Mae Mobley's sake? Why does Hilly ask this question of Aibileen?

4. What does Aibileen ask of Skeeter during their sixth session together working on Skeeter's book?

5. Who does Aibileen go to work for at the beginning of the novel? What happened just a few months before she accepted this job?

6. Why does Skeeter try to pay money to Aibileen in chapter 8? How does Aibileen react?

7. In chapter 10, Celia locks herself in the bathroom and yells at Minny when she comes to change the bedsheets. What does this and other odd behaviors say about Celia?

8. What does Aibileen write in her small notebook? How did she get into this habit?

9. What does Skeeter show to Aibileen in chapter 14? Why does Aibileen later show this same thing to Minny?

10. What rules did Minny's mother tell her about working for a white woman? Which rule does Minny constantly break?

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