The Secret Life of Bees Ch 13

How much does a worker bee weigh?

• about sixty milligrams
• six ounces
• 1/6 of an ounch
• six milligrams

What was the weather like in this chapter?

• hot
• cold
• rainy
• stormy

Lily was angry. What did she do?

• Smashed honey jars.
• Flung cake batter against the wall
• Hit Black Mary with a bat.
• Broke the windows in the honey house.

Rosaleen had never considered the possibility that Deborah had really left Lily.

• True
• False

What was it that made Rosaleen think it was possible Deborah actually did leave Lily temporarily when she was little?

• She heard T. Ray talking to Mrs. Watson about having taken care of Lily for a few months. 
• She just knew Deborah was the kind who would do that.
• Deborah told her she was leaving.
• T. Ray told her.

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Why didn't Rosaleen tell Lily before what she knew about her mother?

• She didn't want to hurt her.
• She didn't think it was any of Lily's business.
• She didn't think about it.
• She didn't think Lily would believe her.

What did Lily ask August to do for her?

• Tell Zach the truth about her running away and about her mother.
• Call T. Ray and tell him she was there.
• Tell June she loved her too.
• Tell Zach she loved him.

Sugar-Girl wore a _________ which ________ disapproved of.

• wig, Otis
• hat, August
• dress, June
• jacket, Lily

"Every time I closed my eyes, I still saw the Trailways bus."
What is the significance of the Trailways bus to Lily?

• It was the symbol of her being abandoned; her mother left on a Trailways bus.
• Zach was going to take her away on a Trailways bus.
• It is a symbol of freedom to her. She thinks about leaving on one.

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Lily was hesitant to open the box and see what her mother left.

• True
• False