Lesson 4.2.2.12

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

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The 20 questions

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

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

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

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

  3. Which three narrators tell the story in The Help?

    • Aibileen, Mae Mobley and Hilly
    • Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny
    • Minny, Celia and Elizabeth
    • Skeeter, Hilly and Celia

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

    • Skeeter Phelan
    • Celia Foote
    • Hilly Holbrook
    • 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 real-life event in June 1963 is in the background of The Help?

    • The Montgomery bus boycott
    • The March on Washington
    • The Little Rock Nine integration crisis
    • The assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers

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

    • Constantine
    • Aibileen
    • Minny
    • Louise

  8. What is the job of Minny Jackson in the novel?

    • A reporter for the Jackson newspaper
    • A nurse at a hospital for white families
    • A maid for white families, known for her outspoken and sharp-tongued character
    • A teacher at a local school for Black children

  9. Which narrator is writing a book to publish the maids' stories, and what is her aim?

    • Celia, who wants to become a famous actress
    • Minny, who wants to open a cafe
    • Hilly, who wants to publish a guide for housewives
    • Skeeter, who wants to publish the maids' stories to expose the injustice they face

  10. Why do Aibileen and the other maids take the risk of sharing their stories with Skeeter?

    • They want to be famous and move to New York
    • They want to expose the injustice of their treatment and help the next generation
    • They are paid large sums by a national publisher
    • They are ordered to by their employers

  11. What social role do the maids play in the homes of the white families in The Help?

    • They raise the children and manage the household while living with the consequences of segregation
    • They lead the local Junior League chapters
    • They run the businesses that support the white families
    • They serve only as cooks and never work with children

  12. What does the novel suggest about the Junior League's view of the maids?

    • It supports them with education and fair pay
    • It treats them as unequal, creating rules that keep them separate from white families
    • It sees them as equal partners in the community
    • It ignores them completely and never mentions them

  13. Which character's story shows how a white woman can be cast out by the community for rejecting its rules?

    • Skeeter, who is shunned by her friends after the book is revealed
    • Hilly, who is rejected by the Junior League
    • Elizabeth, who is praised for her loyalty
    • Celia, who is elected to lead the League

  14. What is the effect of the novel's use of multiple first-person narrators?

    • It turns the novel into a historical report with no emotion
    • It gives readers access to the maids' inner lives that the white characters cannot see
    • It presents only the perspective of Hilly
    • It makes the story more distant by hiding the narrators' thoughts

  15. Which central idea about the relationship between the maids and their employers does The Help explore?

    • The fragile intimacy and deep inequality that exist together in white homes
    • The idea that segregation ended with the 1950s laws
    • The absence of any emotional bond between maids and children
    • The complete equality of maids and their employers

  16. How does the novel's title, The Help, invite a critical reading?

    • It is the name of a magazine that publishes the maids' stories
    • It refers to the Junior League's charitable projects
    • It draws attention to the way the maids are described by white characters as help rather than people
    • It is a reference to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

  17. What is the main consequence of Hilly's campaign against the maids in the novel?

    • It leads to the maids winning a fair wage
    • It reinforces the racial divide and pressures the maids to stay silent
    • It ends segregation in Jackson
    • It encourages the Junior League to hire more Black women

  18. Which aspect of the 1960s South is central to The Help's critique?

    • The growth of the cotton trade across the South
    • The racial segregation and the injustice of its social rules
    • The rise of the television industry in the region
    • The economic boom of the 1920s in the Mississippi Delta

  19. Why does Skeeter feel she must write the book in secret?

    • Because the Junior League has banned all writing about the maids
    • Because the maids have asked her to keep their identities unknown to the press
    • Because publishing the maids' stories would expose her to danger and social ruin in Jackson
    • Because her publisher insists that the book remain anonymous

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

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

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