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Here are the questions:
NOTE: Read the entire novel before answering any of the worksheet questions. The page numbers are intended to direct your attention to areas in the novel where you might find textual citations to support your responses.
KIDD, SECRET LIFE OF BEES DAY #1 (1-66)
1. Choose one descriptive passage that you think implies more than it says. Write down the passage, the page number and what you have inferred from the sentence. (Note: To infer is to draw a conclusion or make a deduction based on facts or indications.)
2. CAUSALITY
Arguing about why something came to be is essentially an exercise in CAUSE-AND- EFFECT reasoning…. Cause and effect answers the question “Why did it happen?” Answering the WHY question often involves trying to persuade others that our hypothesis about WHY something happened is a plausible, if not an incontrovertible one (Corbett)
A. When T. Ray found out…He…
B. When Rosaleen found out…She…
C. When Lily found out…She…
3. Find one passage that you think has a humorous tone. Remember that if the sentence has tone, there will be a difference between what the author is saying and what the author is meaning. Write the sentence and the page number, and then comment on what the difference between what is said and what is meant and what that difference implies.
4. List the contents of the stapled paper bag Lily finds in the attic (13). What conclusions does Lily draw about her mother after examining these possessions? How do the items help her “absorb all [T. Ray’s] meanness” (24)?
5. How does the jar of bees function as a metaphor for Lily’s situation?
6. What does Rosaleen’s made-up religion reveal about her?
7. On page 20, Lily hears the television newscaster announce, “‘Today, July second, 1964… the president of the United States signed the Civil Rights Act into law in the East room of the White House…” What is the Civil Rights Act? How does it indirectly lead to Rosaleen’s arrest for “‘Assault, theft, and disturbing the peace’” (33)?
KIDD DAY #2 (67-135)
1. In chapter four and five the reader is introduced to the Boatwright sisters and their home. Find passages that provide a physical description of the sisters, the family dwelling and the honey house. What do these passages reveal about the Boatwright family culture?
2. On page 73, the reader is introduced to the May’s wailing wall when August says,
“‘Oh, May, honey, you go on out to the wall and finish your cry.’” Examine other passages that discuss the wall (80, 95, 101, 97, 173, 182,187, 195) and come to some conclusions regarding the purpose of the wall and its relevance to the larger story.
3. Briefly summarize the story of the “young nun named Beatrix who loved Mary”(91). Why does August tell the story to Lily? What does Lily’s misunderstanding of August’s intent reveal about her? (See also page 108 and 287.)
4. Explain the connection between the story August tells about “Our Lady of Chains” and the role the Daughters of Mary come to play in Lily’s life.
KIDD DAY #3 (136-213)
1. Chapter eight opens with an epigraph from The Queen Must Die: And Other Affairs of Bees and Men:
Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with the colony, but also require its social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die.
Explain how the epigraph introduces and underscores the major themes of the chapter.
2. What connection can you made between the “black Madonna of Breznichar in Bohemia”(139), Mrs. Boatwright’s prayer cards (139), Our Lady of Chains, and the “The mother of thousands” (149)?
3. When Lily found out her mother had her mother once slept the honey house, she…
4. When May found out Zach had been arrested, she…
KIDD DAY #4 (214-302)
1. How does Lily’s knowledge of the past help her move from idealization of Deborah to forgiveness, and acceptance?
2. In the final chapter of the novel, August explains to Lily that “‘[o]ur lady is not some magical being out there somewhere, like a fairy godmother. She’s not the statue in the parlor. She’s something inside of you”(288). Cite specific dialogue and/or behavior that supports the assertion that that Lily, Zach, Rosaleen and June have found that “something inside.”
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