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The Secret Life of Bees
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In The Secret Life of Bees, what do beehives serve to symbolize?
Fear
Racism
Community
Memory
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What object in the novel is a symbol of mothers and motherhood, and also symbolizes Lily's mother specifically?
Beehives
Photographs
Guns
The Black Mary
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What is the common theme of the fourteen epigraphs that precede each chapter?
Love
Racism
Bees
Religion
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Which classic work of literature does Lily's journey with Rosaleen echo?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Bible
Julius Caesar
Jane Eyre
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A powerful motif throughout the novel is the search for ___.
Truth
Love
Equality
Mothers
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