The secret life of bees
What does Mary sing when she is upset?
"Oh! Susanna"
Which of the following does August say to Lily?
"The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters"
What does Lily really want for her birthday?
A sliver charm bracelet
From August's story, what did the slave named Obadiah find washed app n the shore?
A wooden statue of a women
Who goes to visit zack in jail?
August and Lily
What makes Rosaleen jealous in this chapter?
August and Lily spend a lot of time together
What does May eat every morning that cant have any sports on it?
Banana
Whois the Lady of Chains?
Black Mary
What is Lily favorite color?
Blue
Which of the following does Lily do while waiting for Zach at he layer's office?
Calls her dad on the office phone
What is the sisters' religion?
Catholic with variety mixed in
What unusual dessert to both Lily and August enjoy?
Coke and peanuts
What does T. Ray reveal about Lily mother (Deborah) that devastates Lily?
Deborah left Lily and only came back to get her own belongings, not Lily
The ladies ho attend church with the sister wear an item that is a bold fashion statement. What is it?
Elaborate hats
True/ False Lily learns that her mother never ran off and left her. T. Ray was lying about that part.
False
True/ False Ray feels Lily the law will keep Roselyn safe, so she doesn't need to worry about Rosaleen any more
False
True/ False Rosaleen helps explain Lily's predicament to August.
False
True/ False August knew Lily's mother because she purchases honey form August every week.
False
True/False August and June uneasy because they never found a suicide note.
False
True/False Ray sees Lily escaping through the corn fields, but he doesn't care enough about her to try to stop her from leaving.
False
True/False The policeman recognized roselyn from a wanted poster, but he dint turn her in because he knew she would be killed.
False
True/False At the creek, Lily goes swimming, but Rosaleen refuses to get int he water.
False
True/False August and June kept May's body in a drive-by funeral home where you could pay your respects from the car.
False
Which of the following is NOT true of Zach in this chapter?
He buys Lily another journal since she filled hers up with writing.
Which of the following is NOT an example of the way T. Ray treats Lily?
He dies not recognize her birthday
Why was Neil acting so jittery the morning of Mary Day?
He plans to ask June to marry him but isn't sure if she will say "Yes"
Why is Zack arrested?
He refuses to give up the name of the friend who threw the bottle at a white man
What was the controversy surrounding the rumors about the movie star Jack Palance who was coming to Tiburon?
He was planning to suit with back woman at he movies
What will Lily be doing at August house in exchange for room and board?
Helping make honey
What happened years ago that changed May and made her unable to cope with sorrow?
Her twin sister committed suicide
Lily has a picture that belonged to her mother of a black Mary. In Tiburon, Lily sees the same exact picture on what product in a local store?
Honey
Where does August Boatwright let Rosaleen and Lily sleep?
Honey house
When Lily got stop the jail to see Rosaleen, she isn't there. Where has Rosaleen gone?
Hospital
Where does Rosaleen move in this chapter?
Into May's room
Who does Lily and Rosaleen NOT meet at the Boatwright's house?
July
Which sister doesn't seem to like Lily and Rosaleen presence in the house?
June
Which of the following actually happened in this chapter?
June apologized to Lily for being so rough on her in the beginning
As Lily reaches out to touch the heart of the statue, what does June do?
June stops playing the cello
What is the Martha White punishment?
Kneeling on grits
What profession does Zach want to pursue?
Lawyer
Which of the following doe NOT happen in this chapter?
Lily and Rosaleen check into the hotel
What does Lily dream about her mother in this chapter?
Lily dreams her mother has a cockroach body
What does Lily do that softens June and makes her laugh?
Lily sprangs June with water
Lily tells quite a felines in the chapter. Which of the following is NOT one?
Lily wears a nurse's costume and tells an assistant to take Rosaleen to the hospital entrance because she has been released
At the end of the chapter, what does Lily do with her mother asme to try to feel better?
Lily writes it on paper and slips it in the wall May constructed
What is the word that August and Lily discuss a lot in this chapter, but the English language just has the one word for it while Eskimo language has 32 words for it?
Love
What does Lily see May do about the roaches in the kitchen that stuns Lily?
May tries to lure them out of the house with marshmallows and graham crackers
Who has a major fight with June in this chapter?
Neil
Which of the following is NOT done in preparation of Mary Day?
New dresses are purchased
What does T. Ray do or a living?
Peach orchard owner
The store owner compares the color August Boatwright house to what?
Pepto-Bismol
What dies Rosaleen do while in town that made white men so mad?
Pours snuff juice on white men shoes
Lily tells Zach about some mean boys that cruelly teased her. What did they do?
Pulled ugly dresses over their pants to much how she dresses
What color is the honey when bees drink from elderberries instead of flower nectar?
Purple
Where is August originally from?
Richmond, Virginia
Lily mentions several famous people in this chapter, Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Robert Frost
Wat event causes Lily ro realize Rosaleen really love her?
Roselyn stands up to T. Ray got lily pet
What made June decide to never get married?
Sh ewa stood up at the alter once
How does June use her musical talents for good?
She plays for those who are dying
Why does Rosaleen get beaten at the jail?
She refuses to apologize for snuff juice incident
Hope does Lily explain where her parents are?
She says they are both dead
Why has August never married?
She wants to be free another's demands
What doe Lily steal at the store?
Snuff
Who is the first person in Lily life to tell her she can be more than a beautician?
Teacher Mrs. Henry
Why did August decide to paint the house pink?
The color made May happy
Where does Lily get the ideas to geo to Tiburon, South Caroline?
The name was on the back of her mother's wooden block
Where do the Boatwright sister and their friends go to church?
The sisters pink house
How do bees warn people that they are getting too close?
They bump into people's foreheads
How is May like Lily mother in regards to bugs?
They try to get bugs out of the house without hurting them
True/False Rosaleen and Lily hitch a ride and get dropped off close to Tiburon, S.C.
True
True/False Rosaleen comments that Lily treats her like a pet dog.
True
True/False Deborah had an imaginary friend as a child.
True
True/False Deborah married T. Ray because she was pregnant with Lily.
True
True/False May drowned herself in the river near the Wailing Wall.
True
What idea did August and June come up with to help May deal with her sadness?
Wailing wall
percolator
a kind of coffee pot with bill water and forced up a hallow stem
herringbone
a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines any two contagious lines from either a V or inverted V
Lily keeps a box hidden from T Ray. What is in the box that belonged to her mother?
a picture of her mother, whose gloves, and a piece of wood with Mary on it
consternation
a sudden, alarming amazement or dead that results in utter confusion
cowlick
a turk of hair that grows in a direction different from that of the rest of the hair
How old is Lily when the book begins?
almost 14
snuff
an act of snuffing; an inhalation through nose, a sniff
deliverance
an act or instance of delivering
ingenious
characteristics by cleverness or originally of invention
solace
comfort in sorrow, misfortune or trouble
mercantile
of or relating to merchants or trade, commercial
What does Rosaleen take from the church?
paper fans
presumptuous
readiness to presume in conduct or thought, saying or doing something without right or permission
what excuse does Lily give for her journey to this town?
she is on her way to her aunts house in Virginia
Agitation
state of feeling irritated or restless
unperturbed
to disturber disquiet greatly in mind, agitate
recoil
to drawback; start or shrink back, in an alarm, horror, or disgust
carousing
to engage in a drunken revel
speculating
to engage in thought or reflection; mediate
sashaying
to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly
True/False Lily tells the police man that she is an orphan
true
orneriness
ugly and unpleasant in disputation or temper
oblivious
unmindful, unconsciousness; unaware
