Secret Life of Bees – study guide – Chapter 1 – Flashcards
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Who is Lily?
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She is fourteen years old and has dark brown hair. She has a special connection with bees but a bad relationship with her dad. She is lonely and depressed ever since her mom died.
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Who is Rosaleen?
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She works for the Owen's and acts like a mother figure to Lily. She is also there maid and cleans up around the house.
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Lily wakes up T. Ray in the middle of the night to show him something. What does she want to show him? Why?
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He wakes up the dad to show him the bee's inside the wall and how they are making sounds. Yet, when he walks in the room they aren't making sounds and you can't see them. He gets very mad and becomes rude.
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What happened to Lily's mother?
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She was fighting with Lily's dad but she was holding a gun in her hand then, she dropped it. Lily then picked it up and shoot her own mother and was depressed and upset ever since then.
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What does Lily think will give her a "real chance" to learn how to be beautiful, fashionable girl?
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Lily believes that charm school will give her a chance to be beautiful and fashionable. Even though Lily has Rosaleen as a mother figure, she feels lost without her own mother.
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Lily captures bees and puts them in jars to prove to T. Ray that they really do exist. How does she take care of them and how do they fare?
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Lily takes care of the bees by placing them facing east every morning so that they catch the morning sun to wake them.
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How does Lily discover Rosaleen loved her "beyond reason?"
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Rosaleen dressed up as a bee and performed a very special "waggle dance."
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What daydreams did Lily have about Rosaleen?
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That Rosaleen turned white and married Lily's dad and treated her life her own daughter.
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Identify Deborah and tell three "scraps of information" Lily knows about her.
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She knows that she was skinny, nice, and had long black hair. She knew her parents were always fighting.
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What items were in the paper bag Lily found in the attic?
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She found a picture and a pair of her mother's white gloves.
