WorksheetsSecret Life of Bees Chapters 1-5
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
As the novel opens, what year is it?
1959
1963
1964
1968
How old was Lily when her mother died?
Four
Five
Seven
Nine
What token of love does Lily recall Rosaleen giving her at Easter, which her father wanted to get rid of?
A kitten
A peach tree
A rose bush
A chick
What is Lily forbidden by T. Ray to do when she is on the job at the peach stand?
Read
Sleep
Knit
Sing
What is Rosaleen planning to do in town when she and Lily encounter the rude white men?
Buy eggs
Mail a letter
Register to vote
Meet her boyfriend
After T. Ray retrieves Lily from jail, he tells her that Rosaleen will likely be murdered by ___.
Franklin Posey
Clayton Forrest
Otis Hill Avery
Gatson
What does Lily see in her bedroom that prompts her to run away?
A suitcase
Her own reflection
The empty bee jar
A broken window
After dropping them near Tiburon, what does the man in the pickup truck give Lily and Rosaleen for dinner?
Cantaloupes
Sausage
Sandwiches
A jug of milk
Who does Rosaleen say she dreamed about during the night she and Lily spent by the riverbank?
Frederick Douglas
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
Sojourner Truth
While inside the Frogmore General Store, where does Lily see the image of the Black Mary?
On a honey jar
Floating in the air
Pinned to the wall
On a milk carton
What color is the Boatwright house painted?
Blue
Green
Pink
Purple
What is August Boatwright wearing the first time Lily sees her?
A red cloak
A flower crown
A beekeeper’s helmet
A pink dress
What song does May sing whenever she is upset?
Amazing Grace
My Darling Clementine
Oh Susannah
Barbara Allen
How many acres is August Boatwright’s bee farm?
6
13
28
33
August explains to Lily that her religion is partly self-invented, but also partly ___.
Baptist
Jewish
Buddhist
Catholic
