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The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

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1. What town is Lily originally from?

(A) Sylvan, North Carolina

(B) Sylvan, South Carolina

(D) Tiburon, North Carolina

2. What does Lily call her father?

(A) Daddy

(B) Pops

(D) T. Ray

3. How did Lily's mother die?

(A) She did not die; she just ran away.

(B) She developed cancer.

(D) Lily's dad hit her with his car.

4. Who is Lily's best friend at school?

(A) Judy

(B) Rosaleen

(D) She does not go to school.

5. What convinces Lily to leave home?

(A) Rosaleen's television

(B) Rosaleen's arrest

(D) Her father's death

6. What fruit does Lily's father sell?

(A) Pears

(B) Peaches

(D) Cows

7. Where does Lily tell August she and Rosaleen are headed?

(A) England

(B) Virginia

(D) West Virginia

8. Who does August live with?

(A) Her friends

(B) Her mother

(D) Her dog

9. What color is the Boatwright house?

(A) Brown

(B) Tan

(D) Wood

10. Why is the Boatwright house painted this color?

(A) August liked it.

(B) Lily liked it.

(D) May liked it.

11. What does June do with her time?

(A) Play the flute for deaf people

(B) Make ceramics for sick people

(D) Dance

12. Who is August's husband?

(A) She does not have a husband.

(B) Neil

(D) T. Ray

13. What does Lily tell people her surname is?

(A) Williams

(B) Fontaine

(D) Owens

14. What does Lily love?

(A) Bees

(B) Cheese

(D) Milk

15. Why is Zach arrested?

(A) He shoots his mother.

(B) His friend shoots a white man.

(D) His friend is a white man.

16. What does Zach want to be when he grows up?

(A) A lawyer

(B) A writer

(D) A football star

17. Where does Lily stay at the Boatwright farm?

(A) In April's old room

(B) In a tent by the river

(D) In the barn

18. How does Lily contact her father from Tiburon?

(A) She write him a letter.

(B) She calls him collect.

(D) She does not contact him.

19. How does May commit suicide?

(A) Overeating

(B) Starvation

(D) Drowning

20. What causes August to call Lily “a true beekeeper”?

(A) She makes honey without the help of any bees.

(B) She commands the bees to rest.

(D) She gets stung by a bee.

21. What does Lily remember best about her mother?

(A) Her smell

(B) Her face

(D) Her laugh

22. Where does May go when she is sad?

(A) The church

(B) The honey house

(D) The river

23. What is the relationship between Neil and June?

(A) Father and daughter

(B) Uncle and niece

(D) Doctor and patient

24. Who tells Lily's father where she is?

(A) Ms. Lacy

(B) Rosaleen

(D) God

25. Where does Lily go at the end of the novel?

(A) Sylvan

(B) Florida

(D) Virginia

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