Lesson 4.2.2.12

4.2.2.12 The Help by Kathryn Stockett Quiz: AQA English Literature, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. In which American city and state is The Help set?

    • Memphis, Tennessee
    • Montgomery, Alabama
    • Jackson, Mississippi
    • Atlanta, Georgia

  2. Who is the white young woman who decides to write a book from the perspective of Black maids?

    • Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan
    • Elizabeth Leefolt
    • Hilly Holbrook
    • Miss Celia Foote

  3. Which three characters serve as the first-person narrators in Kathryn Stockett's The Help?

    • Skeeter, Aibileen, Minny
    • Hilly, Elizabeth, Celia
    • Aibileen, Yule, Skeeter
    • Skeeter, Hilly, Minny

  4. Who leads the Junior League and promotes the 'Home Help Sanitation Initiative' against the maids?

    • Hilly Holbrook
    • Celia Foote
    • Skeeter Phelan
    • Elizabeth Leefolt

  5. What is the name of the child whom Aibileen helps to raise?

    • Lucy Ann
    • Mary Beth
    • Mae Lou
    • Mae Mobley

  6. Which civil rights activist's 1963 assassination in Jackson features in the background of The Help?

    • Malcolm X
    • Fred Hampton
    • Martin Luther King
    • Medgar Evers

  7. What is the name of Skeeter's childhood maid, who is dismissed at the start of the novel?

    • Aibileen
    • Constantine
    • Louise
    • Minny

  8. What is Minny Jackson's occupation in Kathryn Stockett's The Help?

    • Maid
    • Store owner
    • Journalist
    • Teacher

  9. Which character collects and writes down the stories of Black maids in Jackson?

    • Hilly Holbrook
    • Elizabeth Leefolt
    • Celia Foote
    • Skeeter Phelan

  10. Which initiative proposed by Hilly Holbrook motivates Aibileen to support Skeeter's book project?

    • Separate maid toilets
    • Bus segregation
    • Curfew laws
    • School closures

  11. What primary role do the Black domestic workers perform for white families in The Help?

    • Childcare and housework
    • Secretarial work
    • Field labour
    • Retail sales

  12. What policy does Hilly Holbrook advocate through the Junior League regarding Black maids?

    • Integrated housing
    • Shared dining areas
    • Equal pay scales
    • Separate bathrooms

  13. Which white character is ostracised by Jackson society for collaborating on the maids' book?

    • Hilly Holbrook
    • Skeeter Phelan
    • Elizabeth Leefolt
    • Celia Foote

  14. How many primary first-person narrators tell the story in Stockett's The Help?

    • Three
    • One
    • Two
    • Four

  15. Which dual dynamic characterises the relationship between the maids and their white employers?

    • Total indifference
    • Intimacy and inequality
    • Mutual trust
    • Open hostility

  16. What does the title The Help reflect about white society's view of domestic workers?

    • Equal professional status
    • Impersonal service label
    • Legal empowerment
    • Familial affection

  17. What is Hilly Holbrook's primary motive for promoting the Home Health Sanitation Initiative?

    • Promoting integration
    • Enforcing segregation
    • Increasing maids' wages
    • Improving public health

  18. In which US state and decade is Stockett's novel The Help set?

    • Georgia, 1920s
    • Alabama, 1940s
    • Louisiana, 1980s
    • Mississippi, 1960s

  19. Why must Skeeter publish her book about Jackson's domestic workers under a pseudonym?

    • Fear of retaliation
    • Lack of funding
    • Publisher demands
    • Copyright restrictions

  20. Which character is Skeeter's mother, who presses her daughter to marry and conform to social expectations?

    • Elizabeth Leefolt
    • Charlotte Phelan
    • Celia Foote
    • Hilly Holbrook

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