The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Grade 12
Test your knowledge.
1: How did Eugenia get the nickname Skeeter?
a. As a child, she loved playing skee-ball at the local game arcade.
b. Her mom always thought she was as annoying as a mosquito's buzz.
c. When she was born, her brother said she looked like a skeeter (mosquito).
d. She had acne that looked like mosquito bites.
2: Where does the story take place?
a. Jackson, Mississippi
b. Jackson, South Carolina
c. Jackson, Alabama
d. Jackson, Georgia
3: Which of the following best describes Hilly Holbrook?
a. Self-sacrificing, thoughtful
b. Manipulative, domineering
c. Blunt, realist
d. Sensitive, romantic
4: Which of the following does not belong?
a. Aibileen
b. Pascagoula
c. Minny
d. Lulabelle
5: At the end of the novel, what final words does Aibileen want Mae Mobley to remember?
a. You is kind. You is smart. You is beautiful.
b. You is strong. You is smart. You is important.
c. You is kind. You is loved. You is important.
d. You is kind. You is smart. You is important.
6: Who said the following: "I do this with you, I might as well burn my own house down."
a. Minny
b. Aibileen
c. Celia
d. Hilly

7: Who said the following: "Don't you let him cheapen you."
a. Mrs. Phelan
b. Mrs. Whitworth
c. Mrs. Walter
d. Mrs. Frantz
8: Who said the following: "If I didn't hit you, Minny, who knows what you become."
a. Stuart
b. Leroy
c. Celia
d. Aibileen
9: True or false? The name of the newspaper column that Skeeter writes is called "Miss
Managed."
a. True
b. False
10: True or false? Minny's big secret involves a special ingredient she added to a pieof
which Miss Hilly ate two big pieces.
a. True
b. False
11: True or false? The growing Civil Right Movement and simmering race relations
provide the backdrop that makes Skeeter's book project so dangerous.
a. True
b. False
12: True or false? Constantine left the Phelans' house because she found a better job in
Chicago.
a. True
b. False
13: Medgar Evans, Field Secretary for the NAACP, was attacked and killed outside his
home by a suspected member of the
a. American Nazi Party
b. Aryan Brotherhood
c. Ku Klux Klan
d. Skinheads
14: Skeeter and Stuart have no future together because their views on ____________ are
incompatible.
a. furniture styles
b. money
c. housekeeping methods

d. race
15: The mimosa tree is a symbol of Celia's path. It reminds her of ____________ and she
wants to destroy it.
a. her alcoholism
b. her addiction to sweets
c. strict rules and oppression
d. her hometown, Sugar Ditch
16. Who was the maid who raised Skeeter?
a. Aibileen
b. Constantine
c. Pascagoula
d. Minny
17. To whom did Aibileen say, "You is smart. You is kind. You is important."?
a. Skeeter
b. Lil Man
c. Yule May
d. Mae Mobley
18. Why was Aibileen fired by Elizabeth?
a. Elizabeth's husband overheard Mae Mobley talk about the Woolworth sit-in.
b. Hilly accused her of stealing silver.
c. Elizabeth found out chapter 2 was about her.
d. Aibileen's grown daughter shows up at Elizabeth's house.
19. Hilly once ate feces baked into a
a. chocolate cake.
b. batch of brownies.
c. pie.
d. meatloaf.
20. Skeeter and Aibileen put Hilly's embarrassing feces-related incident into the book
because
a. They are counting on Hilly to protect their anonymity in order to keep her own
embarrassing story a secret.
b. They hate Hilly and want to embarrass her.
c. They believe it will cause Elaine Stein to want to publish the book.
d. They believe the scandalous incident will cause more people to want to buy the book,
increasing book sales.
21. What does Skeeter drive to her first date with Stuart?
a. Her publisher's car.
b. Her mother's car.
c. A horse and buggy.
d. A truck with a trailer of fertilizer hitched to it.
22. Who arranges Skeeter's blind date with Stuart?
a. Elizabeth
b. Hilly
c. Skeeter's mother
d. Stuart's mother

23. What writing job did Skeeter take after graduating from college?
a. Answering an advice column.
b. Reporting on society news.
c. Sports writer.
d. Household hints column.
24. Where does Skeeter take the telephone for privacy?
a. the pantry
b. the outhouse
c. the bathroom
d. the front porch
25. Why does Elaine Stein say she writes to Skeeter offering to help her become a writer?
a. She is impressed by Skeeter's resume.
b. Skeeter's writing sample was very good.
c. Someone once helped her.
d. Her boss ordered her to.
26. The opening chapter is told in which persons point of view?
a. Minnie
b. miss skeeter
c. Aibileen
d. Hilly
27. Constantine had a daughter named Rachel?
a. True
b. false
28. Mr. Johnny finds about minny by...
a. walking in on minnys cooking
b. miss celia and mr. johnny are waiting for minny
c. minny calls mr johnny
d. walking in on minnys cleaning his room
e. finds out from in town
29. What is the title of the book miss skeeter and the maids wrote
a. the help
b. help
c. Colored domestics
30. What symbol is on the cover?
a. a dove
b. a swan
c. a mockingbird
d. a peace symbol