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

2. What excuse does Aibileen think Skeeter will use for the toilet confusion at Hilly Holbrook's house?
(a) It was someone else.
(b) It was a joke.
(c) It was an accident.
(d) It was a typo.

3. How long does Celia stay in bed after the disaster at the Benefit?
(a) Two days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Three days.
(d) One day.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name has Aibileen chosen to use in the book she is writing with Skeeter?

2. What dish is Skeeter left to prepare on New Year's Day?

3. What does Aibileen's church give her to celebrate the publication of the book?

4. What reason does Stuart give Skeeter in chapter 28 for not working on the oil rigs any longer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stein ask Skeeter to add to the book in chapter 27? What does Skeeter ask Aibileen in order to help her with this?

2. What are the secret stories that Aibileen tells Mae Mobley? Why does Aibileen tell these stories?

3. Why does Minny feel that Celia Foote does not understand the line between whites and blacks?

4. With whom does Skeeter and her parents have dinner in chapter 20? What happens between Skeeter and Stuart during this evening?

5. What is the Terrible Awful? Why does Minny tell it to Celia in chapter 26?

6. Hilly Holbrook wins Minny's chocolate pie in the silent auction at the Benefit. Who bid on the pie for Hilly? Who does she think bid on it for her?

7. What television show discusses Skeeter's book in chapter 29? What is the result?

8. In chapter 18, Minny finds Celia in the bathroom of her bedroom. What has happened to Celia? How does this explain her odd behavior since Minny came to work for her?

9. What begins to happen throughout town as people begin to read Skeeter's book?

10. In chapter 24, Minny fights with a naked man in the Foote's backyard. Who is the man? Why is Minny fighting him? What happens?

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