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Quiz about Inside The Secret Life of Bees
Quiz about Inside The Secret Life of Bees

Inside "The Secret Life of Bees" Quiz


This quiz is about the critically acclaimed coming-of-age story by Sue Monk Kidd. How much do you know about it?

A multiple-choice quiz by mohistory88. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
mohistory88
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
279,046
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
499
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is Lily's middle name? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which two presidents is Zach named after? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What does Zach give Lily as a gift? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What form of punishment is T. Ray's specialty? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which Boatwright sister kills herself during the present time in the book? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who is June's boyfriend and eventual fiancee? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What does T. Ray ban Lily from doing while she is in the peach stand? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What name does Lily call T. Ray at the beginning of the book? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who does T. Ray think Lily is during the climatic fight? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who REALLY killed Deborah? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is Lily's middle name?

Answer: Melissa

Melissa is a perfect middle name for this book since it means "honey bee" in Greek.
2. Which two presidents is Zach named after?

Answer: Lincoln and Taylor

Zach's full name is Zachary Lincoln Taylor.
3. What does Zach give Lily as a gift?

Answer: His dogtag

This is considered between them a promise that they will be with each other in the future. For now, their relationship is very risky. Zach also gives Lily a notebook.
4. What form of punishment is T. Ray's specialty?

Answer: Kneeling on grits

Lily dreads this; we see the punishment being done when T. Ray thinks that Lily is out with a boy. Lily isn't really but laughs at the fact that he thinks she is. Lily is really unpopular.
5. Which Boatwright sister kills herself during the present time in the book?

Answer: May

May is really sensitive to everyone else's pain. She is really sensitive since her twin, April, killed herself many years before the sisters meet Lily.
6. Who is June's boyfriend and eventual fiancee?

Answer: Neil

June and Neil have been dating for a while but she refuses to get engaged due to being left at the altar by a previous man. May's suicide spearheads her decision, much to August's relief!
7. What does T. Ray ban Lily from doing while she is in the peach stand?

Answer: Reading

Lily thinks this is ridiculous because she will be bored out of her mind if she doesn't read. This is one of the reasons that Lily wants to escape from her dad.
8. What name does Lily call T. Ray at the beginning of the book?

Answer: T. Ray

Lily doesn't think of T. Ray as a "daddy". So, she calls him by his first name.
9. Who does T. Ray think Lily is during the climatic fight?

Answer: Deborah

T. Ray is very frustrated that Lily has left him. In his rage, he thinks his daughter is his wife leaving him again. He finally snaps out of calling Lily "Deborah" when she finally calls him "Daddy".
10. Who REALLY killed Deborah?

Answer: Lily

T. Ray has been telling Lily that she killed her mom but Lily doesn't believe him due to her blurred memory of the event. At the very end, it turns out that T. Ray was being serious about it and not lying to cover his own hind end.
Source: Author mohistory88

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