The Secret Life of Bees Quizzes

The Secret Life of Bees Quiz 1

By Adena Raub · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed November 30, 2008

1 In what year does the book begin?

1946.

1972.

1964.

1968.
2 What tragic event befell Lily at the young age of four?

Her father died.

She was abandoned.

She sufferred a knee injury.

Her mother died.
3 Where does the Owens family live?

Charleston, South Carolina.

Charlotte, North Carolina.

McClellanville, South Carolina.

Sylvan, South Carolina.
4 When was Rosaleen born?

1909.

1919.

She does not know for sure.

1964.
5 Which teacher gave Lily the idea that she should aspire to do more than go to beauty school?

Mr. Posey.

Mr. Gerald.

Mrs. Henry.

Mr. Gaston.
6 Where was Rosaleen headed when she got into an altercation with the white men?

To get the medicine she needed.

To register to vote.

To go to community college.

To buy groceries for the family.
7 What did Lily want for her fourteenth birthday?

A charm bracelet.

A trip to Tiburon, South Carolina.

A new dog.

Her mother's gloves.
8 What is T. Ray's punishment for Lily?

Kneeling on grits.

Standing against a tree.

No dinner.

Lashings.
9 Where did Lily find her mother's belongings?

In the attic.

In the peach stand.

Under her bed.

In the orchard.
10 What did Lily do to pass time in the peach stand?

Read books.

Listen to music.

Paint.

Write poems.
11 Why did Rosaleen practice writing her name over and over in cursive?

It was a requirement to register to vote.

She wanted to sign a letter.

She was entering school.

She was signing the deed to a house.
12 What action landed Rosaleen in jail?

She assaulted a police officer.

She poured spit from her snuff jug across white men's shoes.

She kidnapped Lily.

She yelled "fire" in a crowded theater.
13 What was the nickname of the policeman who took Rosaleen and Lily to jail?

Shoe.

Sock.

Shirt.

Sleeve.
14 How did Lily sneak Rosaleen out of the hospital?

She climbed out the window.

She pretended to be Rosaleen's daughter.

She sprayed mace in the faces of the jailers.

She called pretending to be a jailer's wife.
15 Why did Lily want to go to Tiburon?

Her grandparents live in Tiburon.

She found the name of the city engraved on the back of something that belonged to her mother.

She studied Tiburon in school.

Her mother was born in Tiburon.
16 What was the method Lily used to look for a sign?

Take a walk and read the first word she sees.

Look for symbols in her dreams.

Close her eyes and listen to the first sound she hears.

Take nine steps and look up.
17 Where did Lily first find Black Madonna Honey?

The pink house.

In her attic.

Frogmore Stew General Store and Restaurant.

In the grocery store in Sylvan.
18 What did Lily steal for Rosaleen?

Coca-Cola.

Ointment for her head.

A bra.

Red Rose snuff.
19 What state is August Boatwright from?

Virginia.

South Carolina.

Alabama.

North Carolina.
20 How did August come to own the land where she keeps bees?

She grew up on the land.

It was left to her by her grandfather.

She bought it from a landowner in town.

She and her sisters all pooled their money to buy the land.
21 What was June's prior career?

She performed in an orchestra.

She taught in an all-black high school.

She sold peaches.

She was a dentist.
22 Which two of the Boatwright sisters were twins?

May and June.

April and June.

June and August.

April and May.
23 Why is June hesitant to accept Neil's marriage proposal?

June's parents went through a bitter divorce.

June did not believe in marriage.

She was engaged before, and her fiance did not show up for the wedding.

Neil cheated on her with a woman from town.
24 Who was not a member of the Daughters of Mary?

Otis.

Rose.

Cressie.

Lunelle.
25 According to the story of Our Lady of Chains, who found the statue?

A business man.

A slave.

A priest.

A pregnant woman.

what happened when shoe arrived at the jail with lily and rosaleen

Franklin hit Rosaleen with his flashlight.

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why were bits of paper stuck in the stone wall

It was May's way to dealing with suffering. Whenever May Boatwright hears about something tragic in the world, she writes it down on a piece of paper and slips the paper into the cracks of a stone wall near her house.

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Lily finds herself making choices based on signs she interprets, what is she trying to decide based on seeing the crop duster flying over the tops in Tiburon?

In this scene, Lily is trying to decide whether or not she should remain living in an uncertain world filled with questions and fear... or move on... begin her journey of personal identity and self discovery. The flight of the crop-duster serves...

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