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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Skeeter her nickname?

2. What ailment does Mae Mobley suffer when Aibileen first begins to care for her?

3. With whom does Skeeter have a date in chapter 9?

4. What does Aibileen reveal in chapter 12 about the kitchen in the governor's mansion?

5. What is the one thing Aibileen admits that she admires about Hilly Holbrook in chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who sets up the first date between Stuart Whitworth and Skeeter? How does it go?

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

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

6. What was Treelore hoping to do before his death? How did Aibileen feel about this?

7. What are the interviews like between Skeeter and Minny? Who does Minny refuse to allow Skeeter to place in her book?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the book Skeeter and Aibileen wrote reflect the time period in which the novel is written? How does the writer use actual historical events to reflect the racial tension in Jackson during the time in which the book is set and how these events impacted the lives of the main characters of this book? What might a book like The Help have impacted the lives of those really living in Jackson Mississippi during this time period? What might have been the consequences to a maid like Aibileen? What consequence does Aibileen suffer? How does the book help Aibileen have the courage and the power to stand up to Hilly? What does this say about the changes that take place in the novel for Aibileen and the other maids in Jackson?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following relationships in an essay using quotes to support your conclusions:

1) Skeeter and her mother

2) Skeeter and Stuart

3) Stuart and his father

4) Hilly and Elizabeth

5) Hilly and Skeeter.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hilly's bathroom initiative. What is it? What is the point behind it? Why would Hilly think that sharing a bathroom with a black person could lead to the exchange of deadly diseases? Why does Hilly pressure Mrs. Leefolt into building a bathroom in the car port for Aibileen? How does Aibileen feel about this? What happens when Aibileen takes Mae Mobley into the new bathroom constructed for Aibileen's use? What does Mrs. Leefolt do when Mae Mobley attempts to use the bathroom in the carport? How does this inspire Aibileen to begins sharing secret stories with Mae Mobley?

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