The Help

1. What point of view is used in most of this novel?

• 1st Person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

How many babies does Aibileen tell the reader she has cared for in her career?

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  b) 3. 

• b) 17.   

• c) 19.

• d) 5.

Why does Hilly express distaste at using Mrs. Leefolt's guest bathroom in chapter 1?

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  It is dirty.

• It is the same bathroom the yard man uses.

• It is too small.

• It is the same bathroom the black maid, Aibileen, uses.

Who does Skeeter ask Aibileen about at the end of chapter 1?

• Constantine, her family's former maid.

• Minny, Mrs. Walters' maid.

• Louvenia, Lou Anne's maid.

• Treelore, Aibileen's son.

What does Aibileen tell Minny in chapter 2 that Hilly Holbrook accused her of?

• Not cleaning properly.

• Being sassy

• being a bad cook

• Not feeding Mrs. Walters.

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

• Mrs. Leefolt is spending unnecessary money building a bathroom for Aibileen

• Mrs. Leefolt hired a maid they cannot afford.

• Mrs. Leefolt overspent on a shopping trip.

• Mrs. Leefolt donated too much to a Junior League charity.

Why does Minny tell Aibileen she needs to find a new job in chapter 2?

• Hilly is puting Mrs. Walters in a nursing home.

• Hilly wants Minny to come to work for her so she told lies to Mrs. Walters about Minny.

• Hilly fired Minny for stealing.

• Hilly fired Minny for not feeding her mother.

What does Aibileen write in a small blue notepad?

• Her fictional stories.

• Her thoughts and emotions.

• Her grocery lists.

• Her prayers.

Who does Aibileen recommend hire Minny, lying about Elizabeth Leefolt recommending her as a good maid?

• Lou Anne Templeton.

• Hilly Holbrook.

• Skeeter Phelan.

• Celia Foote.

Why does Celia Foote refuse to tell her husband she has hired a maid in chapter 3?

• She is afraid he will not like the money she is spending on the maid.

• She wants him to think she can care for him and the house herself.

• She does not want him to know she is afraid to be alone.

• She is afraid he will not like having a black maid in the house.