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The Truth
Potpourri
100
The year in which the novel takes place.
What is 1964?
100
What does Lily want to be when she grows up?
What is a writer and a teacher?
100
The reason May commits suicide/the final straw.
What is May receives news of Zach's arrest?
100
How did Lily's mother really die?
Lily accidentally killed her when she picked up a gun and it went off.
100
What does Zach give to Lily?
He gives her a journal to write in.
200
The place Lily runs away to.
What is Tiburon?
200
What does Zach want to be when he grows up?
What is a lawyer?
200
T.Ray thinks this about Lily when he finds her in the orchard late at night.
What is that she was with a boy?
200
How did August know Lily's mother?
August was the family's housekeeper.
200
Why won't June marry Neil?
She was once betrayed by the other man she loved because he left her at the altar.
300
The type of farm Lily grows up on and the type she runs away to.
What is a peach farm and a bee farm?
300
The name of Lily's mother.
What is Deborah?
300
Where were Rosaleen and Lily going when Rosaleen got arrested?
Rosaleen was going to register to vote.
300
Did Lily's mom leave her? Explain.
Yes, but Lily's mother was coming back to get Lily when she was accidentally killed.
300
At the beginning of the novel, what does Lily have left of her mother?
She has a pair of gloves and a photograph.
400
The state in which the novel takes place.
What is South Carolina?
400
The first character who reveals that she knew Lily's mother.
Who is May?
400
What does Rosaleen do to the white men that gets her arrested?
She pours snuff juice on their shoes.
400
What fake last name does Lily give to the Boatwrights, and what is her real last name?
She says she is Lily Williams when her real last name is Owens.
400
What does May do that reminds Lily of her mother?
She sets out a trail of graham crackers and marshmallows to lure out the roaches.
500
The town Lily lived in with T.Ray.
What is Sylvan?
500
The song May sings before she breaks down.
What is "Oh, Susanna!"?
500
How did Lily and Rosaleen get to the Boatwrights' house?
They walked partway and hitchhiked.
500
How does T.Ray discover where Lily was staying?
She called him and he was able to trace her from there.
500
What does Lily ask her father to test if he loves her?
What's my favorite color?