Characters
Theme
Plot
Mood/Tone
Background
100
What is Lily's mother's name?
What is Deborah.
100
What is the main theme of the book?
What is Racism?
100
What is the main plot of the whole story?
Lily leaves her home in Sylvan to try to learn more about her father, and find out what happened to her.
100
What is the main tone of the book?
What is Serious?
100
Who was president at the time this novel took place?
Who is "John F. Kennedy"?
200
Who answered the door when Lily and Rosaleen first arrived at the Boatwright house?
Who is June.
200
What theme is represented in the following sentence? Lily realized that the Boatwrights didn't really have a powerful male figure in their life.
What is "Female Power"?
200
What was the major turning point that changed the book?
What is when May drowned herself?
200
What was the tone of chapter 1?
What is aggressive?
200
How did the passing of the Civil Rights Act benefit Rosaleen?
She could now vote.
300
What is the name of the girl that Lily becomes friends with in Tiburon?
Who is Becca Forrest.
300
The them changes throughout the novel, what is one of the themes that is found throughout the book?
What is Importance of Storytelling?
300
What did Lily learn in the first few weeks she was in the Boatwright's house, that changed her view on things?
What is "Our Lady in Chains" and the religion based off of her?
300
What caused the mood change in chapter 10? How did the mood of the novel change after ch 10?
What is Mays death caused the change? The Boatwright house wasn't as cheery and they were sad and in mourning, they went from a happy mood to a sad mood.
300
What happened to JFK during this time?
What is "he was assassinated"?
400
What was the name of Lily's teacher back in Sylvan? And what did she encourage Lily to do with her life?
Who is Mrs. Henry. SHe encouraged her not to go to beauty school and to to become a writer.
400
What insect symbolized the life of humans throughout the book?
What is Bees?
400
What happened when Lily and Zach went to town for the movie?
What is Zach got arrested and went to jail?
400
How did the mood change from chapters one and two?
Went from aggressive to a joyous tone.
400
What major football event happened?
What is "the first Super Bowl"?
500
Which character acted as a mentor, or mother-like figure in Lily's life?
Who is August?
500
Who did the theme mainly affect?
Who is Lily?
500
What big thing did Lily decide to do in the beginning pf chapter 12?
What is "She decided to tell August about her past"?
500
What was the tone from chapters 1-4?
What is gloomy?
500
Which major person in the black's history was assassinated?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
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