The Secret Life of Bees Quizzes

The Secret Life of Bees Quiz 1

1 In what year does the book begin?
1968.

1946.

1964.

1972.
2 What tragic event befell Lily at the young age of four?
Her father died.

She was abandoned.

Her mother died.

She sufferred a knee injury.
3 Where does the Owens family live?
Charleston, South Carolina.

McClellanville, South Carolina.

Sylvan, South Carolina.

Charlotte, North Carolina.
4 When was Rosaleen born?
1909.

1964.

1919.

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. Posey.

Mr. Gaston.

Mr. Gerald.

Mrs. Henry.
6 Where was Rosaleen headed when she got into an altercation with the white men?
To buy groceries for the family.

To get the medicine she needed.

To go to community college.

To register to vote.
7 What did Lily want for her fourteenth birthday?
Her mother's gloves.

A new dog.

A trip to Tiburon, South Carolina.

A charm bracelet.
8 What is T. Ray's punishment for Lily?
No dinner.

Standing against a tree.

Kneeling on grits.

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

In the orchard.

In the peach stand.

Under her bed.
10 What did Lily do to pass time in the peach stand?
Listen to music.

Read books.

Write poems.

Paint.
11 Why did Rosaleen practice writing her name over and over in cursive?
She was entering school.

She was signing the deed to a house.

She wanted to sign a letter.

It was a requirement to register to vote.
12 What action landed Rosaleen in jail?
She yelled "fire" in a crowded theater.

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

She kidnapped Lily.

She assaulted a police officer.
13 What was the nickname of the policeman who took Rosaleen and Lily to jail?
Shirt.

Shoe.

Sock.

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

She climbed out the window.
15 Why did Lily want to go to Tiburon?
Her mother was born in Tiburon.

She studied Tiburon in school.

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

Her grandparents live in Tiburon.
16 What was the method Lily used to look for a sign?
Take nine steps and look up.

Look for symbols in her dreams.

Take a walk and read the first word she sees.

Close her eyes and listen to the first sound she hears.
17 Where did Lily first find Black Madonna Honey?
In the grocery store in Sylvan.

In her attic.

The pink house.

Frogmore Stew General Store and Restaurant.
18 What did Lily steal for Rosaleen?
Coca-Cola.

Red Rose snuff.

A bra.

Ointment for her head.
19 What state is August Boatwright from?
Alabama.

North Carolina.

Virginia.

South Carolina.
20 How did August come to own the land where she keeps bees?
She grew up on the land.

She bought it from a landowner in town.

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

It was left to her by her grandfather.
21 What was June's prior career?
She taught in an all-black high school.

She was a dentist.

She sold peaches.

She performed in an orchestra.
22 Which two of the Boatwright sisters were twins?
June and August.

April and June.

May and June.

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.

Neil cheated on her with a woman from town.

She was engaged before, and her fiance did not show up for the wedding.
24 Who was not a member of the Daughters of Mary?
Rose.

Otis.

Lunelle.

Cressie.
25 According to the story of Our Lady of Chains, who found the statue?
A priest.

A pregnant woman.

A slave.

A business man.

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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Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/22/2023 10:57 AM

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