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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 tree does Celia Foote keep threatening to cut down in her yard?
(a) The pecan tree.
(b) The peach tree.
(c) The magnolia tree.
(d) The mimosa tree.

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

3. What instrument does Celia Foote use to protect Minny from a crazy, naked man in chapter 24?
(a) An antique sword.
(b) A hunting knife.
(c) A fireplace poker.
(d) A broom handle.

4. What name does Skeeter, Aibileen, and Minny chose for the book they are writing?
(a) Southern Help.
(b) The Help.
(c) Southern Domestics.
(d) Colored Domestics and their Southern Families.

5. 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) She was ill and Constantine no longer wanted her.
(c) Constantine was hiding her from her biological father.
(d) Constantine was single and could not care for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Minny fear for her job in chapter 24?

2. What captivates Mrs. Leefolt most about People Will Talk's review of Skeeter and Aibileen's book?

3. Where does Skeeter go in chapter 19 to cool off in the overwhelming heat?

4. Why does Celia think Hilly does not like her, a misunderstanding she wants to clear up in chapter 25?

5. What ailment does Minny's son, Benny, suffer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stein tell Skeeter in chapter 27 about the deadline for the book? How does this change things?

2. What does Minny insist on adding to her section of the book? For what reason?

3. What does Skeeter learn about Yule May in chapter 19? What does the letter from Yule May to Skeeter say? What is the result of this situation?

4. 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?

5. Who has Skeeter started dating in chapter 19? Why does she refuse to go to Biloxi with him?

6. What does Celia tell her husband, Johnny Foote, that prompts him to tell Minny she will have a job for life in chapter 30?

7. What does Dr. Neal tell Skeeter in chapter 28 that her mother is suffering? What are her prospects?

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

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

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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