Secret Life of Bees Review 1-6

In which year is the novel The Secret Life of Bees set?

• 1963

• 1964

• 1983

• 1985

In which fictional town is Lily raised?

• Sylvan, South Carolina

• Tiburon, South Carolina

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Atlanta, Georgia

Lily does not seem to have a high opinion of her father, T Ray:

"He'd gone to church for forty years and was only getting worse" (3). This is an example of ________________.

• double entendre

• homophonic pun

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Which person vs. self conflict is included in The Secret Life of Bees?

• T.Ray tells Lily that her mother was leaving both of them on the day that she died.

• Rosaleen is injured by racist persons due to the color of her skin.

• Lily is lying to the Boatwright sisters until she is prepared to question them regarding their possible knowledge of her mother.

• Lily wants to believe that her mother’s death was not her fault, but the memories she has lead her to believe it is her fault and no one else's.

Why does Lily call her father T.Ray?

• Lily calls him T.Ray because he is her stepfather and not her biological father.

• Lily calls him T.Ray because he has a very formal nature.

• Lily calls him T.Ray because he both ignores and abuses her.

• Lily calls him T.Ray because his name is Terrence Ray.

How does Lily help with the Owens family business?

• Lily harvests the honey to bottle and produce candles.

• Lily sells peaches at the family stand on the highway.

• Lily cooks and cleans and acts as a housekeeper for her family home.

• Lily writes poems and sells them at the local bookstore.

Which of the following items does Lily not have from Deborah?

• a photograph of her mother in front of an old car

• a pair of white cotton gloves

• a small wooden picture of a black Mary with the words "Tiburon, S.C." written on the back

• a set of hot rollers for her hair

Which of the following is NOT a reason that Lily feels so different from the girls at school?

• She has never traveled outside of Sylvan.

• She wears clothes that she makes for herself in home economics class.

• She does not have a charm bracelet to show off to her friends.

• She is weighed down by the trauma of her mother's death.

On which journey does Lily accompany Rosaleen on Lily's birthday?

• into town to purchase groceries

• into town to register to vote

• into town to vote

• into town to participate in a Civil Rights Demonstration

After which historical event does Rosaleen almost immediately go to town to register to vote?

• after September 15, 1963 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist church, killing four girls

• after July 2, 1964 - when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed as it banned discrimination based on color, race, nationality, religion, or sex

• after July 31, 1964 when Ranger 7 sent back the first close-up pictures of the moon

• after April 4, 1968 when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated