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?

1964.

1968.

1972.

1946.
2 What tragic event befell Lily at the young age of four?

Her father died.

Her mother died.

She sufferred a knee injury.

She was abandoned.
3 Where does the Owens family live?

Sylvan, South Carolina.

Charlotte, North Carolina.

Charleston, South Carolina.

McClellanville, South Carolina.
4 When was Rosaleen born?

1919.

1909.

1964.

She does not know for sure.
5 Which teacher gave Lily the idea that she should aspire to do more than go to beauty school?

Mr. Gerald.

Mr. Posey.

Mr. Gaston.

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

To go to community college.

To register to vote.

To get the medicine she needed.

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

A trip to Tiburon, South Carolina.

A charm bracelet.

A new dog.

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

Lashings.

Standing against a tree.

Kneeling on grits.

No dinner.
9 Where did Lily find her mother's belongings?

In the orchard.

In the peach stand.

Under her bed.

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

Read books.

Paint.

Listen to music.

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

She wanted to sign a letter.

It was a requirement to register to vote.

She was entering school.

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

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

She assaulted a police officer.

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?

Sleeve.

Shoe.

Shirt.

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

She pretended to be Rosaleen's daughter.

She called pretending to be a jailer's wife.

She climbed out the window.

She sprayed mace in the faces of the jailers.
15 Why did Lily want to go to Tiburon?

Her grandparents live in Tiburon.

Her mother was born 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.
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?

In her attic.

The pink house.

Frogmore Stew General Store and Restaurant.

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

A bra.

Coca-Cola.

Ointment for her head.

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

South Carolina.

Virginia.

Alabama.

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

She grew up on the land.

She and her sisters all pooled their money to buy the land.

It was left to her by her grandfather.

She bought it from a landowner in town.
21 What was June's prior career?

She was a dentist.

She sold peaches.

She performed in an orchestra.

She taught in an all-black high school.
22 Which two of the Boatwright sisters were twins?

April and June.

June and August.

May and June.

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

Neil cheated on her with a woman from town.

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

June did not believe in marriage.

June's parents went through a bitter divorce.
24 Who was not a member of the Daughters of Mary?

Rose.

Lunelle.

Cressie.

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

A pregnant woman.

A priest.

A slave.

A business man.

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