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The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
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What color is the Boatwright house painted?
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2
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What is August Boatwright wearing the first time Lily sees her?
A red cloak
A flower crown
A beekeeper's helmet
Nothing, she's naked
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What song does May sing whenever she is upset?
Amazing Grace
My Darling Clementine
Oh Susannah
Barbara Allen
4
of 5
How many acres is August Boatwright's bee farm?
6
13
28
33
5
of 5
August explains to Lily that her religion is partly self-invented, but also partly ___.
Baptist
Jewish
Buddhist
Catholic
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