Q 01/05

Which image on August's honey jars matches a picture Lily's mother owned in The Secret Life of Bees?

A) A Black Madonna

B) A weeping angel

C) A golden beehive

D) A magnolia tree

Answer · why

A) A Black Madonna

A Black Madonna looks out from every jar, and that label is how Lily tracks the sisters down. About 400 to 500 Black Madonnas have been recorded acros...

Q 02/05

Which punishment does T. Ray give Lily after catching her in the orchard in The Secret Life of Bees?

A) Sleeping in the barn

B) Standing in the sun

C) Kneeling on grits

D) Hauling water buckets

Answer · why

C) Kneeling on grits

Kneeling on grits is T. Ray's signature cruelty, yet it was pure invention. Kidd had never heard of such a punishment before it came to her while draf...

Q 03/05

What color is the house where the beekeeping Boatwright sisters live in The Secret Life of Bees?

A) Blue

B) Pink

C) Yellow

D) Green

Answer · why

B) Pink

Pink paint makes the sisters' home easy to find. On the 2008 film set, it took three tries to mix a shade Kidd likened to Pepto-Bismol.

Q 04/05

What does May Boatwright build of stones, tucking slips of paper inside, in The Secret Life of Bees?

A) A prayer cairn

B) A wishing well

C) A garden shrine

D) A wailing wall

Answer · why

D) A wailing wall

A wailing wall gives May a place to set down each sorrow she cannot bear. Readers have since built copies in schools, a hospital and therapists' offic...

Q 05/05

Where do bees swarm around Lily Owens each night in the opening pages of The Secret Life of Bees?

A) In her bedroom

B) In the packing shed

C) In the orchard

D) In the church

Answer · why

A) In her bedroom

In her bedroom, bees squeeze through cracks and circle Lily in the dark. Kidd took the image from life: a hive lived inside her family's Georgia home ...