The Secret Life of Bees Reading Questions

English 3/4 Peterson

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Chapter 7
Vocab
incessantly consignment
Reading Questions
1. Why is Lily upset that Zach is returning to work?
2. What are Lilys initial feelings toward Zach? How can you tell? (provide evidence)
3. Why is Zach offended when Lily suggests he become a football player?
4. What do Zach and Lily want to be when they grow up?
5. Lily overhears a conversation between June and Neil; what are they talking about?
6. Why is Lily upset to find out that Rosaleen is not going to sleep in the honey house anymore?
7. What gift does Zach give to Lily?
8. What does Zach mean when he says, you have to understand, there are people who would kill boys
like me for even looking at girls like you? How does Lily feel about this?

The Secret Life of Bees Reading Questions

English 3/4 Peterson
Chapter 8
Vocab
high-caliber kamikaze
Reading Questions
1. Which month does Lily decide she would be named for if she could pick one? Why?
2. Why does Lily save a Coke bottle from Massachusetts?
3. What does August mean when she says the hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters?
4. Why does Lily call her father?
5. What happened when Lily called T. Ray?
6. Why is the Fathers Day card that T. Ray mistreated so significant to Lily? What does it symbolize?
7. How does Lily feel after writing the letter to T. Ray? How can you tell?