the help chapters 25-34 questions

how much does skeeter tell aibileen harper and row has agreed to pay as an advance for the book?

$800

how many more copies does skeeter tell aibileen that mrs stein has ordered for their book?

5,001

when does skeeter mail the manuscript to harper and row?

6 days; December 15th

why does skeeter tell her mother that most of the holiday parties have been canceled?

JFKS assassination

with whom does skeeter plan to share the advance money and subsequent royalty payments with?

aibileen and minny and the maids

what reason does stuart give skeeter for not working on the or rigs any longer?

b/c he didn't want to be away from her

why does stuart take back the marriage proposal he makes to skeeter?

b/c he doesn't want to be a part of what skeeter is doing

what did leroy once tell minny was the reason why he often beats her?

b/c he says who will you not become if i didn't

why does minny fear that leroy will kill her if he learns about her participation in skeeters book?

b/c he thinks it effects him

why does stuart fail to greet his own parents when he and skeeter see them during a dinner out?

b/c he thinks skeeters dress is too short

why do minny and aibileen insist skeeter take the job in NYC?

b/c its only going to get worse for her and has no life here anymore

why does mr. leefolt instruct his wife to have his daughters preschool teacher changed?

b/c mae mobley is repeating all the stories aibileen has been telling her

why is mae mobley spending less time with aibileen?

b/c of her little brother ross and she's going to preschool now

why does miss Hester decide not to fire her maid, flora lou, even though she knows it was her in skeeters book?

b/c she doesn't want people to know

why does aibileen obsessively check mrs. leaflet progress in reading the book written by skeeter and aibileen?

b/c she wrote about her

why does minny leave her husband?

b/c she's finally had enough; he basically tried to kill her

why did constantine give her daughter to an orphanage in Chicago when she was just a little girl?

b/c she's was white

why does minny suggest hilly can never tell anyone what she knows about the book skeeter wrote?

b/c the terrible awful

what does dr. neal tell skeeter that her mother is suffering?

cancer

how are most of the women at the benefit dressed?

casually dressed

who does hilly think bid on it for her?

celia

what does celia tell her husband, johnny foote, that prompts him to tell minny she will have a job for life?

celia tells him about her miscarriages, johnny begs her to never leave him

what job has skeeter been offered in NYC?

copy editors assistant; harpers magazine

what is the best part of having written the book in skeeters mind?

doesn't have to pretend to agree with hilly and Elizabeth

what does minny learn is some of the fallout from skeeters book?

fire their maids

what name does skeeter, aibileen, and minny chose for the book they are writing?

help

what captivates mrs. leefolt most about the people will talks review of skeeter and aibileen's book?

her friend is on that tv show

what does mrs. stein ask skeeter to add to the book in chapter 27?

her personal life with her maid

what does Celia tear from Hilly's dress that Hilly later insists Celia make a two hundred dollar donation to the junior league to make up for?

her sleeve

how does aibileen lose her job?

hilly accuses her of stealing

how does the tide against the maids change in the aftermath of hilly finishing the book?

hilly tells everyone its not about jackson anymore

who drives up to skeeters house with the headlights off? what is this persons intention?

hilly; going to tell skeeters mom

who told the foreman at leroys job to fire him?

hillys husband

what does minny believe she has heard in the middle of the night? what does this mean?

hillys scream; hilly knows

what does mrs. stein tell skeeter in chapter 27 about the deadline for the book? how does this change things?

its December 21st rather than on new years' they only have half 6 weeks to finish it

who calls minny at home in the beginning of chapter 26 to speak about Celia foote?

johnny

what does Celia foote threaten to do in the aftermath pf the disaster at the benefit?

leave johnny and go back to sugar ditch

who does skeeter feel understands the point of her book more than she ever did?

loran

who does skeeter run into at the drug store? what does this person tell her?

loran said she won't fire her maid

what is the terrible awful?

minny baked a chocolate shit pie

who buys a copy of skeeter and aibileen's book for hilly?

miss lou anne

who bid on the pie for hilly?

miss walter

skeeter goes shopping and finally finds her style. what style is that? what has inspired it?

more hippie; stuart

where does skeeter tell the reader writers are suppose to live?

nice vill miss.

who does skeeter reveal she paid twenty-five dollars each to put the thirty plus toilets on hillys front lawn?

paswells brothers

where is the junior league benefit for children held in chapter 25?

robert e lee

what trouble does mae mobley begin to have with her preschool teacher, miss taylor?

she draws herself black

how does mrs. leaflet react after reading the chapter in skeeters book that aibileen provided?

she has no clue its about her

what does hilly say to mrs. leefolt about the book?

she said the book feels like jackson

what makes aibileen wish hilly would read skeeters book a little faster?

she says its jackson but in the end when its about her she won't say its about jackson

why does Celia think hilly doesn't like?

she think they weren't together when hilly was together with johnny

what does aibileen threaten to do if hilly has her put in jail for theft?

she will tell everyone about the terrible awful

what does skeeters mother announce to her at the end of chapter 28?

she's not ready to die, she's going to live

what condition does minny have that she hopes will keep leroy from beating her anymore?

she's pregnamt

what new gadget has Celia foote bought that minny is impressed?

space command

what does skeeter think her life would be like if she had not written the book?

still be playing bridge, friendly with hilly, and married to stuart

who is waiting for skeeter as she arrives home?

stuart

what does hilly announce to the league meeting that officially cuts skeeter out of her final tenuous attachment to jackson social society?

that hilly is the new editor for the newspaper

what does aibileen's church give her to celebrate the publication of the book?

the help that has all the signatures

what detail in skeeter's book gives aibileen's identity in the book away to hilly?

the l shaped crack

what is the benefit to benefit?

the poor starving children of africa

what does minny insist on adding to her section of the book, for what reason? what is skeeters response?

the terrible awful; for insurance; she's quiet but includes it

what is the point of skeeters book?

the truth, bring people together

what is skeeters biggest fear in light of the publication of her book?

they will find out its about jackson and the maids will all have to suffer

why does skeeter claim she continues to go to league meetings?

to feel a part of things

what does skeeter ask aibileen in order to help her with her part of the book?

to tell her what happened to constantine

what doe Celia write in chapter 26 on a check made out to the junior league?

two-slice hilly

how common does aibileen tell skeeter it was for women to give up their children to care for white families?

very common

how does Celia foote stand out?

wears a big pink dress

what is in a letter aibileen gives to skeeter?

what happened to constantine

what famous literary character does skeeter compare herself to?

who radley