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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. Why does one of Aibileen's grown white children tell her he still does not drink coffee in chapter 7?
(a) She told him it would make his asthma worse.
(b) She told him it would make him turn colored.
(c) She told him it would give him ulcers.
(d) She told him it would stunt his growth.

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

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

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

5. What does Aibileen write in a small blue notepad?
(a) Her grocery lists.
(b) Her prayers.
(c) Her thoughts and emotions.
(d) Her fictional stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Skeeter get a job in chapter 6?

2. What does Mrs. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley about using Aibileen's toilet in chapter 7?

3. Why does Aibileen say in chapter 1 that Miss Leefolt cannot soothe her own baby?

4. Who lives on Longleaf Plantation?

5. Why does Mr. Leefolt tell Mae Mobley she will not go to college in chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Why does Skeeter begin visiting Aibileen at Mrs. Leefolt's house? What does Skeeter talk to Aibileen about?

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

5. Who is Yule May? What does she want to speak to Aibileen about at a meeting at their church?

6. How did Minny Jackson get an interview with Celia Foote? What happens at the interview?

7. Who is Skeeter Phelan? How does she know Hilly Holbrook? What did Hilly threaten to do in the beginning of chapter 5 to Skeeter?

8. 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?

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

10. Who is Constantine? What does Skeeter think happened to her?

(see the answer keys)

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