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What is Lily made to do as a punishment by T Ray?

Kneel on grits

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This bee is the only bee that has babies.

queen bee

100

Meaning of Industrious

hard working, like a bee. 

100
"Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about.”
August
100
What are the names of the three sisters who live in the Pink house in Tiburon?
August, June, and May Boatwright.
200
When walking to town Lily and Rosaleen run into trouble. What does Rosaleen write on the man's shoes?
Her name, Rosaleen, in cursive.
200

This type of bee is the one in charge of going out and finding flowers and pollen and leading others to it. 

Field Bees

200

This word means the outward appearance or apparent form of something. 

Semblance

200
"People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know a thing about life."
Lily
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Two reasons why Lily is not worried about the bees stinging her are?
Worst things have happen in her life, and if she dies she would be with her mother.
300

What does Lily do while Zach is talking with the lawyer? Why?

She calls T. Ray.  She wants to find out if he knows her favorite color.

300

This bee is the least useful in the hive.  They do nothing except wait around to mate with the queen. 

Drone (male) bees

300

What is a word that means very, very small. 

miniscule

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"Lily, I like you better than any girl I’ve ever known, but you have to understand, there are people who would kill boys like me for even looking at girls like you."

Zach

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Why are the people in the town all stirred up?
A movie star, Jack Palance, is coming to Tiburon with a colored women and is taking her to the movie theater. Allowing her to sit in the white section.
400

How does May find out about Zach going to jail?

Zach's mother called on the telephone while everyone was watching American Bandstand. 

400

These bees take care of the baby bees and help make sure they get enough food. 


nurse bees

400

What is exasperation?

It means intensely irritated or frustrated.

400
"But she’s white, August."
June
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Why does Zach get arrested?

He refused to turn his friend in for injuring a white man.
500

What color is the house the Boatwright sisters live in? Who picked the color? Why?

It is Pepto Bismol pink.  May was the one that picked the color because she said it made her feel like dancing. 

500
Name these two types:

1) these are the bees that help construct the honey comb.

2) These are the ones that get rid of the dead bees. 

1) builder bees

2) mortician bees

500

What does naive mean?

(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.

500

You tell me where you are right now, do you hear me? Do you have any idea the trouble you're in?

T.Ray

500

What is the importance of the rock wall in the yard of the pink house?

It is the way that May deals with all of her sadness.  She writes messages on the paper and sticks them in the wall.  It is like the wailing wall in Jerusalem.