The Author
Maids
Historical Context
Characters
Jim Crow Laws
100

True/False: Kathryn Stockett moved to Alabama to pursue publishing.

What is False?

100

As a maid, you and your white boss should not share this household appliance.

What is a toilet?

100

This person refused to give up their bus seat.

Who is Rosa Parks?

100

This character is a toddler who is ignored by her mother

Who is Mae Mobley?

100

This was enforced by Jim Crow Laws.

What is Racial Segregation?

200

Kathryn Stockett was born and grew up here.

Where is Jackson, Mississippi?

200

The maids had strong and caring relationships with these figures present in their daily lives.

What are children?

200

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated this year.

When is 1968?

200

This character is known for her great cooking.

Who is Minny?

200

Jim Crow Laws came to an end in this year.

When is 1964?

300

Kathryn Stockett was born in this year.

When is 1969?

300

The maids should not use the same ____ as a white person does to taste food.

What is a spoon?
300

These people used “white only” bathrooms and lunch counters while protesting segregation.

Who are the Freedom Riders?

300

This female character graduated from the University of Mississippi.

Who is Skeeter?

300

This state was forced to have separate train cars.

What is Tennessee?

400

The character Aibileen is based on this real life maid.

Who is Ablene Cooper? 

400

This maid's mother quoted the passages surrounding the expectations and rules of being a maid.

Who is Minny?

400

The "I Have a Dream Speech" was held in this location.

Where is Lincoln Memorial (in Washington D.C.)?

400

This character is President of the Junior League. 

Who is Hilly?

400

The Jim Crow Laws expanded in this year.

When is 1880?

500

The name of Kathryn Stockett's maid growing up.

Who is Demetrie?

500

This important skill for maids included ironing and needlework.

What is Laundry.

500

The Civil Rights Act of 1965 outlawed this.

What is the use of literacy tests before voting.

500

This character repeatedly abuses their spouse.

Who is Leroy?

500

This president signed the "Civil Rights Act"

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?