Quiz: The Secret Life of Bees Chapters 1 - 7

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What does Lily do while living with the Boatwrights?

Helps August with the bees

What tragic event happened when Lily was just 4 years old?

Her mother died

How does May cope with her condition?

May has a therapeutic wailing wall. It is where she goes to cry. She writes on little pieces of paper on why she is upset and places it in between the stones

Who lives in the Boatwright house?

May,June, and August Boatwright

Who is Lily's nanny

Rosaleen

What was Lily's mother's name?

Deborah Fontanel

In what year did the book begin?

1964

What does Zach want to be when he grows up?

A lawyer

Who is April Boatwright? What is her relationship with May?

April was May's twin. She committed suicide. After her death, May feels the wrongs of the world as if they were her own. She is easily overwhelmed when she hears bad news.

What are the Daughters of Mary? What do they do?

August's spiritual community-arrive for services. Made up of six women.

Where does Lily accompany Rosaleen?

Go to town so Rosaleen can register

What causes Lily to run away from T.Ray

He said that Deborah abandoned her

How does Lily and Rosaleen find August's house?

In the Frogmore General Store, she noticed the same picture of Black Mary that her mother had was on the honey jars.The clerk tells Lily that August lives on the other side of town

Where does Lily find Rosaleen? How does Lily help her escape?

In the hospital because the men beat up Rosaleen more. Lily made a call. She called pretending to be a jailer's wife. And they escaped

Who's Neil?

June's lover but she refuses to marry him.

How does T.Ray punish Lily?

Kneeling on dried grits

How did her mother die?

Lily shot her mother by accident

Who is Zach?

Lily's love interest

What do the Boatwright Sisters have in their living room?

Our Lady of Chains

What does Lily do to help T.Ray?

Sell peaches since he owns a peach farm

What happens at town with Rosaleen?

She got in an altercation with white men because of her color. She poured her chewing-tobacco juice on their shoes. She was arrested and beaten up by the men who accused her

What does August Boatwright do for a living?

She's a beekeeper

What is the story of Our Lady of Chains

Slaves found a black Mary statue and worshiped it. But the owner took it and chained it up. But miraculously and continually escaped. The statue offered the slave group unity and power

Where does the Owen family live?

Sylvan, South Carolina

What does Lily call her father?

T.Ray. She doesn't call him "daddy," because he is abusive

Where does Lily plan to run away

Tiburon, South Carolina because it was written on the back of her mother's picture of Mary. She was determined to find out more about her mother since T.Ray was unwilling to speak more about her

What are the items Lily owns that were Deborah's?

a photograph of her mother in front of an old car, a pair of white cotton gloves, and a small wooden picture of a black Mary with the words "Tiburon, S.C." written on the back

How did August get this twenty-eight-acre bee farm

inherited from her grandfather


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