The Secret Life of Bees Chapters 6-7 Review
What is the #1 most-asked question in South Carolina? Why? Why is it rare for a colored person to ask a white person this?
"Where are you from?" The southerners want to know if their stories connect in some way Their stories aren't likely to connect
June approaches Lily after they've been there for how long? What does Lily say about her aunt when she tells June that they can leave at any time? August doesn't want Lily to leave until...
2 weeks Lily will write her aunt to send bus money because has known her name and address the whole time, but she wanted to buy time before they had to leave she's ready
Who comes to the sisters' house on Sunday morning? What are they called? What 3 things are they all wearing to look fancy? Who is the hatmaker of the group? August, May, and June don't wear hats. True or false? Why?
6 women and 1 man- a religious group called the Daughters of Mary Large hats, earbobs, and gloves Lunelle False- May ties on a hat
When Lily meets Zach, how many days has she been living with August? What kind of truck does Zach have? How did he buy it? At first, Lily is upset that Zach is there. True or false? What is Zach's full name?
8 Black Ford Fairlane, working for August True (resents intrusion) Zachary Lincoln Taylor
Who does Zach claim Willifred Marchant is? In Tiburon, what do they do on Willifred Marchant Day?
A "world-famous" author who wrote 3 books about the deciduous trees of South Carolina The schools plant trees and Willifred comes in a straw hat, throwing rose petals to the kids
What does Lily daydream about while she and Zach are driving to bring supers from bees on another farm?
A blizzard coming through, forcing her and Zach to pull over, have a snowball fight, then build a snow cave and intertwine to keep warm
What does Zach give Lily? Why? What does Zach say when Lily hugs him? What three stories does Lily write?
A green notebook with rosebuds on the cover, for her to get a headstart on her writing That he likes her better than any girl he's ever known, but there are people who would kill him for looking at girls like her She writes about Rosaleen losing 85 pounds and being unrecognizable in a police lineup, then about August driving around a honeymobile and dispensing honey, and then her favorite- Zach becoming a lawyer and having his own TV show
What does Lily say that Zach is for her? Lily then says that that word is a _______ thrown into the flames of love
An impossibility log
Why does August say that stories must be told?
Because if they aren't told, they die, and then we can't remember who we are or why we are here
August's story takes place on the islands of ________________. A group of _____________ prays every day for freedom, and one day a slave named ________________ sees a wooden carving of a woman wash up on shore. The slave knew the Lord had sent her, but he didn't know.......She spoke to the slave in his heart, and said that she had come to take care of them. He brought her to the praise house and an older slaved named ___________ told them that the woman was Mary. The slaves touched their hands to Mary's _______ every Sunday, and their hearts were filled with fearlessness. Some escaped, some lived with raised fists in their hearts that could be strengthened by touching Mary's heart. Why is the statue called Our Lady of Chains?
Charleston, slaves, Obadiah, who she was, Pearl, heart, Because the master of the slaves continuously chained her up-50 times- in the barn, and every time she loosened the chains and went back to the praise house
Everyone thinks that a rocket to the moon is impossible at first, but what does Lily say allowed it to happen? Why does August say that Lily is seeing the end of something?
Competition with Russia The moon has always been a mystery, but once people have walked around on it, it will become another science project
What part of the day does Lily dread? Why? August says that Lily is welcome to touch Our Lady's heart and June smiles- true or false? What is the best meal for Lily?
Dinner, because of June True Lunch
What two words become Rosaleen's favorite? What three things does Rosaleen think Lily is dreaming about?
Dream world Pretending they had a regular life while there was a manhunt going on, thinking they can stay with the sisters forever, believing she would find out something worth knowing about her mother
What do the Daughters of Mary do after the conga line? Rosaleen joins them. True or false?
Each touch Mary's heart (Lunelle kisses each finger after, Otis stands there the longest) True
What does August do before storing her supers for the winter? Why?
Haul the supers out to the woods to let the bees clean the honey off. She says it's because the honey attracts roaches, but it's actually because she likes throwing a party for the beesw
What did Lily think was beyond happening? Lily is then reminded of.....
Her being attracted to a person of color Zach's statement that you have to imagine what's never been
What book is August reading? What is it about? How does Lily feel when August says this? When the moment passes, Lily doubts how August could know anything about her. True or false?
Jane Eyre A girl whose mother died when she was little Like when August talked about Beatrix the nun, and like August knows who she is True
Whose law office does Zach "poke around" in?
Mr. Clayton Forrest's
When Lily wakes, who is fixing the honey wagon with June? What is Neil's job? Why did June swear off men/won't marry Neil?
Neil Principal at June's school She was supposed to get married, but her boyfriend didn't show up for the ceremony
What secret does Lily feel she has discovered when she faints? Everyone decides that Lily fainted because of the....
She can exit life briefly without dying heat
Why doesn't Lily think she has a future anymore? Why does Zach say he doesn't have a future either? Why is Zach mad when Lily suggests that he could play football professionally?
She's an "orphan"/fugitive from the law He's a Negro Sports are the only thing whites think colored people can be successful at, and he wants to be a lawyer
What does Lily say when Zach asks why she and Rosaleen are there?
She's an orphan and wants to go up to Virginia to her aunt. She was hitchhiking and was let out at Tiburon, so they knocked on August's door and she gave them a bed
What does Lily say about Zach being a lawyer? What does Zach say back?
She's never heard of a Negro lawyer, and you have to hear about things before you can imagine them You have to imagine what's never been
What does Lily do while the sisters watch The Fugitive on TV at night? One night, what does she overhear? What does Neil do?
Sneaks down the hall to listen to June and Neil talk in the parlor She hears Neil ask June, "why not?" and June says, "because I can't." Neil says he can't wait around forever, and he walks out and catches Lily eavesdropping
Alone at night in the honey house, what does Lily imagine? When she steps to look at herself in the mirror, it is the first time that she..... That night, Lily begins to think of her ___________
That Zach is outside feels like more than a "scraggly girl" mother
What does June yell to Neil that makes him angry? What does Neil accuse June of being when June says she's not scared of marrying him? Neil leaves and June tells him not to plan on....
That she will never marry him Being selfish coming back
What does Mr. Cronkite say is happening on July 28? What is the point of this?
The US will launch Ranger Seven from Cape Kennedy, Florida To take pictures of the surface of the moon
Who is Miles Davis?
The best trumpet player in the world and Zach's favorite musician
What two reasons does Rosaleen give for moving into the house? Lily's chest closes up when Rosaleen says that Lily will be.... Lily then tells Rosaleen that she doesn't want to wake up from the dream world, and Rosaleen replies....
The cot is about to break and May gets scared by herself fine without her She'll be there when she does, she's only going to sleep in May's room
What is Lily reminded of when she and August are looking at the moon? What will Lily do after she touches Our Lady of Chains' heart?
The dream she had while sleeping by the pond, of the moon cracking to pieces Show August the picture of her mother and see if the moon fell out of the sky
What causes Lily to laugh hysterically? After laughing, she envies turtles. True or false?
The truck hits a rut and their heads hit the top of the truck True
What is Lily about to do when she faints? What does she think when June stops the music and she pulls her hand back? What is the last thing that Lily remembers before she faints?
Touch Our Lady's heart "I am not one of you" Her calls to Our Lady of Chains echoing, maybe only in her head
Lily thinks it's odd that the three sisters are all unmarried and living together. True or false?
True
August is Zach's godmother- true or false? What do Zachary's parents do? What sport does Zach play? What is his possible ticket to college in the North?
True His father left when he was little and his mother works as a lunch lady at the highschool where June teaches Football (halfback) Football (he's fast)
Lily nothing more than to tell August the truth and bring out her mother's things, after she'd lived with her for 2 weeks. True or false? Why doesn't Lily do this? Lily thinks not knowing is better than.....
True She was too afraid to do it before she'd pressed her hand to black Mary's heart, and she was afraid August would say that she'd never seen Lily's mother August having never seen her mother
What makes purple honey? Zach lets Lily taste the honey from his finger, making Lily wish that he would....
When the flowers dry up, bees suck elderberry Lift her veil and kiss her
Lily no longer registers the buzz of bees as......She has gotten used to it
danger
Lily says she would rather write about people after the discussion on Willifred Marchant, then accuses Zach of acting like he doesn't believe she.... Lily becomes even more upset when they pass the Dixie Cafe, which is right next to the _____-__________ _________________ ______________. She feels sick thinking about how people can live that way. Lily is mad because Zach thinks she will never....But what does she say instead of that, when he asks if she's mad at him? Lily then starts to cry, thinking she's upset about her lost future that Mrs. Henry encouraged her to believe in. She then realizes that she's actually crying for...... What does Zach think Lily's upset about?
will become a writer Tri-Country Livestock Company amount to anything, she will never throw rose petals at anyone Zach His writer remark
