"I could tell you I did it. That's what you wanna hear. I could tell you she did it to herself, but both ways I'd be lying. It was you who did it Lily. You didn't mean it, but it was you.
Who is T-Ray
100
How did May die?
What is held a rock on top of her and drowned
100
August and Lily's relationship at the end of the novel.
What is mothers and daughters
100
The protagonist of the novel
What is Lily
200
Clever, resourceful, original and inventive
What is ingenious
200
"Bees! There's a swarm of bees in my room!"
Who is Lily
200
How did Lily decide where to run away to?
What is it was written on the back of her mother's photo
200
The abuse Rosaleen receives in jail.
What is the irrationality of racism
200
Arrested for spitting chew spit on white mens' shoes
What is Rosaleen
300
The feeling or attitude of one who looks down on somebody or something as being low
What is contempt
300
"You wouldn't catch her keeping house for white people."
Who is August
300
Where was Deborah from?
What is Richmond, Virginia
300
May dying is an example of this
What is death giving way to life
300
Received a degree to teach history
Who is August
400
Never ceasing, continuing or being repeated without stopping
What is incessant
400
"We can't think of changing our skin, change the world - that's how we gotta think."
Who is Zach
400
What does Lily say she must do before she can tell August the truth?
What is touch Mary's heart
400
Bees need to be treated with love and respect.
What is bees are a metaphor for life
400
Enjoyed playing the cello
Who is June
500
Self-centered; the world only exists around oneself
What is egocentric
500
"Lord, I feel weezy, like somebody has pulled the plugs in my feet and drained me out."
Who is June
500
What thing does Lily take as a sign that May has made it to heaven?
What is the picture of her mom smiling.
500
The fact that August worked as a nanny to Deborah and then fills in as a mother for Lily and she has the answrs Lily has been searching for.