What is in the General store when the worker says people won't buy the honey because the Black Madonna is on the label.
100
What is the mood when T. Ray makes Lily kneel on grits because he found her in the peach orchard during the night?
What is sympathetic because you can't imagine how painful that must be.
100
What year did the book take place in?
What is 1964.
200
How did Rosaleen get out of jail?
What is Lily snuck her out.
200
How does May commit suicide?
What is drowning herself in the river.
200
What is an example of feminism in the book?
What is the river scene between Rosaleen and Lily. (pg 84-86)
200
What is the mood when August, June, Lily and Rosaleen go looking for May at the wailing wall but can't find her?
What is anxious because we don't know what is going to happen with May.
200
Where did Lily and T. Ray live?
What is Sylvan, South Carolina.
300
Where does Lily tell August she and Rosaleen are headed?
What is Virginia to her aunt's house.
300
What is one of Lily's motivations?
What is she wants to learn more about her mother, she wants to get away from T. Ray, the guilt from "killing" her mom, she wants to keep her and Rosaleen both safe.
300
What is an example of the the power of female community in the book?
What is the way that the Boatwright sisters take Lily under their wings. (Even though they know the truth about who she is)
300
What is the tone when T. Ray picks Lily up after she gets arrested with Rosaleen?
What is sad and depressing. The author knows a lot of kids are in situations like Lily's during this time period and she feels for them.
300
What tragic event messed up Lily's life forever when she was four years old?
What is the death of her mother (Deborah) ?
400
Why is Zach arrested?
What is his friend throws a bottle at a white man.
400
What is one of August's motivations? (pg 135-136)
What is her bees. August uses her bees to teach Lily life lessons and August compares her bees to humans.
400
What is an example of the theme the importance of storytelling in the book?
What is during times of stress Lily's recalls books that she has once read before.
400
What is the tone of the book when the Boatwright sisters, Lily, and Rosaleen go looking for May after she went out to the wailing wall?
What is grim. The author knows the information she is going to present to the readers and knows how most people with react.
400
What fruit does T. Ray farm?
What is peaches.
500
What is the most valuable thing from Deborah's belongings that August gives Lily?
What is the picture of Lily and her mother when Lily is a baby. It means a a lot to Lily because it looks like Deborah actually loved Lily.
500
What is one of Rosaleen's motivations? (pg 69)
What is wanting to change how blacks and whites associate with one another.
500
What is an example from the book of dependence?
What is Rosaleen and Lily's relationship, they depend on each other to keep one another safe.
500
What is the tone of the entire book?
What is wry. Lily is the narrator and her tone is very dry, she likes to say exactly what is on her mind.
500
What did T. Ray do before he became a peach farmer.