The Help Ch. 11

"IT’S TECHNICALLYWINTER in most of the nation, but already there is gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands in my mother’s house. Signs of spring have come too early. Daddy’s in a cotton-planting frenzy, had to hire ten extra field workers to till and drive tractors to get the seed in the ground. Mother’s been studying The Farmer’s Almanac, but she’s hardly concerned with planting. She delivers the bad news to me with a hand on her forehead." What feeling does this passage evoke? Choose the MOST correct answer.

• dread

• happiness

• excitement

• anger

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Skeeter keeps lying to her mother about what she's really doing by saying she's doing something church related. This can best be summed up as which literary device?

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Comic Relief

• Sarcasm

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Why does Skeeter feel the need to narrate that Aibileen stands a little taller in her own house?

• To show Skeeter is nervous.

• To show Skeeter doesn't actually know Aibileen.

• To show Aibileen is on her turf and is more confident.

• To show that Aibileen doesn't respect Skeeter.

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What is the meaning of Aibileen's secret message to Skeeter?

• Aibileen has figured out how to keep their meetings secret.

• Aibileen has figured out how to not be so nervous next time they speak.

• Aibileen has figured out an answer to a Miss Myrna question that stumped her.

• Aibileen has figured out how to get back at Hilly for convincing Elizabeth to build her a separate bathroom.

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What do we learn about Aibileen from her secret note to Skeeter?

• She's very clever and capable of being secretive.

• She is not very clever and doesn't know the answers to some Miss Myrna letters.

• She is reckless and doesn't seem to care if they are caught by Elizabeth.

• She is too busy answering Miss Myrna letters to be able to help with Skeeter's book.

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Why does Chapter 11 end before we find out what the policeman who grabbed Aibileen said?

• To show us Aibileen's story is going to be very interesting.

• To show us that they aren't going to be able to finish writing their book.

• To show us that Aibileen isn't respectful of Skeeter's time.

• To show us that Aibileen is going to mess with Skeeter's career.

"Loud voices shout in the street and both our eyes dart toward the window. We are quiet, stock-still. What would happen if someone white found out I was here on a Saturday night talking to Aibileen in her regular clothes? Would they call the police, to report a suspicious meeting? I’m suddenly sure they would. We’d be arrested because that is what they do. They’d charge us with integration violation—I read about it in the paper all the time—they despise the whites that meet with the coloreds to help with the civil rights movement. This has nothing to do with integration, but why else would we be meeting? I didn’t even bring any Miss Myrna letters as backup. I see open, honest fear on Aibileen’s face. Slowly the voices outside dissipate down the road. I exhale but Aibileen stays tense. She keeps her eyes on the curtains.

What do we realize about Skeeter from this paragraph?

• Skeeter doesn't care if something bad happens to Aibileen. She just wants to get her book written.

• Skeeter isn't as sneaky as she thinks she is.

• Skeeter doesn't fully understand the law.

• Skeeter previously didn't realize how dangerous their meetings would be.

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"Loud voices shout in the street and both our eyes dart toward the window. We are quiet, stock-still. What would happen if someone found out I was here on a Saturday night talking to Aibileen in her regular clothes? Would they call the police, to report a suspicious meeting? I’m suddenly sure they would. We’d be arrested because that is what they do. They’d charge us with integration violation—I read about it in the paper all the time—they despise the whites that meet with the coloreds to help with the civil rights movement."

When she says "they," who is she referring to?

• Other maids

• White racists

• members of the Civil Rights Movement

• Hilly and Elizabeth

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"They’d charge us with integration violation—I read about it in the paper all the time—they despise the whites that meet with the coloreds to help with the civil rights movement." In the context of the quote, what does despise most likely mean?

• Shun

• Hate

• Arrest

• Execute

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