Quiz: The Secret Life of Bees Chapters 1 - 7
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
