secret life of bees ch 9-11 study guide

what kind of fire is rosaleen?

"fire that burns the house down, if necessary, to clean up the mess inside"

what simile does lily use to explain why she keeps the hose turned of june, even though june is plainly angry?

"i was seeing myself as the fire department and june was the raging inferno."

when the boy provokes the white man lily says she sees a look on his face she had seen on Trays a thousand times. what is the look?

"it is the sort of look conjured from power without the benefit of love"

what sentence describes the change lily sees in zach?

"something i couldnt put my finger on had evaporated from his face"

there's multiple examples of foreshadowing in this chaper. identify one of these examples. why do you think the author chose to warn the reader on these occasions?

"to this day August and june wonder how our lives would have been different if one of them had answered the phone instead of may." adds suspense to what the phone call may have been

interpret this sentence: "this had been the thing theyd been waiting for half their lives without even realizing it"

ever since mays sister committed suicide, june and august must have been subconsciously expecting may to do the same thing

how has zach changed

he is no longer living in the moment with lily. he's paying attention to the news about a civil rights violence. he is heated, charged, and angry

what is the new necklace that zach gives to lily and what does he promise? what literary element is this?

his chain dog tag and he promises that they will be together one day

interpret the meaning of Augusts putting mays suicide note into a deep crevice in the black Mary

his way of ending the mourning period and giving away the guild and the "what ifs" about mays death so they can go on with life

what is the fish necklace the boys put on lily? what upsets her the most about the incident?

it's from them tying together the fish they caught and stringing them around Lily's neck. she could have saved the fish but was afraid of deeper waters

what is may doing and why is it so significant to lily?

luring roaches which reminded her of her mother

what do August and zach and lily do to the hives and why?

puts black drapes over them & august says that doing so reminds them that death and life are a cycle

when they are searching for may, lily begins to say the "hail mary" prayer. what does lily say about her reasons for doing so?

she doesnt realize shes doing it and isnt sure if shes saying it as a prayer or "pushing down the fear"

what is the significance of the simile lily uses to describe her life at this point?

she is afraid she will drown in what she finds out about her mother

the quote at the beginning of the chapter is another example of the author foreshadowing a sad part of the book. why might some people object to this?

they prefer to have a plot unfold without any hints of what may come