The Secret Life of Bees Study Guide - Student’s Copy Chapter One chrome silver magnitude large size – – seep to leak smirking smiling smugly – – paradise heaven gouged cut out – – insomniac a person who has problems abdomen the stomach – – sleeping a type of grain – orneriness bad temper pining longing – – pulsating throbbing lure to entice – – herringbone a pattern like fish bones snuff powdered tobacco – – conjure to create scalded burned – – disjointed unconnected agitation worry; excitement – – impersonating pretending to be motes spots – – tailspin a spinning crash sashaying walking with style – – dollops small piles unperturbed unworried – – imbecile an idiot recoil to draw back – – carousing partying – What is happening in the exposition of the story? Who is the narrator of the story? The narrator an allusion about the bees on page 2. What does she allude to and why? Lily says that the bees could have stung her until she died, and it would not have been the worst thing to happen. What do you learn about her from this? What does Lily hope would happen in Paradise? Lily describes her mother’s death on pages 6, 7, and 8. She does not directly say so, but she implies that she caused her mother’s death. How did that happen? Why does Lily every perfume bottle they had”? (Pg. 6) “smell Why does Lily pick scabs and feel that she is a girl”? (Pg. 9) “impersonating When Rosaleen stands up to T. Ray about the chick, Lily says, boots whispered uncle all “his
The Secret Life of Bees Study Guide - Student’s Copy Chapter One chrome – silver seep – to leak paradise – heaven insomniac – a person who has problems sleeping orneriness – bad temper pulsating – throbbing herringbone – a pattern like fish bones conjure – to create disjointed – unconnected impersonating – pretending to be tailspin – a spinning crash dollops – small piles imbecile – an idiot carousing – partying magnitude – large size smirking – smiling smugly gouged – cut out abdomen – the stomach – a type of grain pining – longing lure – to entice snuff – powdered tobacco scalded – burned agitation – worry; excitement motes – spots sashaying – walking with style unperturbed – unworried recoil – to draw back What is happening in the exposition of the story? Who is the narrator of the story? The narrator an allusion about the bees on page 2. What does she allude to and why? Lily says that the bees could have stung her until she died, and it would not have been the worst thing to happen. What do you learn about her from this? What does Lily hope would happen in Paradise? Lily describes her mother’s death on pages 6, 7, and 8. She does not directly say so, but she implies that she caused her mother’s death. How did that happen? Why does Lily “smell every perfume bottle they had”? (Pg. 6) Why does Lily pick scabs and feel that she is “impersonating a girl”? (Pg. 9) When Rosaleen stands up to T. Ray about the chick, Lily says, “his boots whispered uncle all
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