The Secret Life of Bees Novel Unit

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Chapters 1-6 Exam (100 points total)

Total points: /100

Part One: Event Sort (2 points each - 10 points total)

Put the following events from the novel into the correct order.

August teaches Lily about beekeeping.

Lily and Rosaleen escape from the hospital and hitchhike to Tiburon, South Carolina.

T. Ray finds Lily in the field and punishes her by making her kneel on grits.

Lily is woken up by a swarm of bees in her bedroom.

Lily meets the Boatwright sisters and explains she has left home; August Boatwright invites Lily and Rosaleen to stay.

Part Two: Important Quotes (10 points each – 20 points)

For each quote, explain what was happening at that point of the novel and explain why it is important to the book.

Important Quote / What is happening at that point in the novel? / Why is the quote important to the novel?
(Consider plot, character and theme)
“Standing there, I loved myself and I hated myself. That’s what the black Mary did to me, made me feel my glory and my shame at the same time.” (p. 71)
“Staying in a colored house with colored women, eating off their dishes, lying on their sheets – it was something I as against, but I was brand new to it, and my skin had never felt so white to me.” (p.78)

Part Three: Figurative Language (10 points each) Answer all three parts of the questions.

1. What is one example of figurative language on p. 32?

Circle the type: Simile/Metaphor/Personification

Why did the author include the figurative language? (Think about the images it creates and the things being compared.)

2. What is one example of figurative language on p. 75?

Circle the type: Simile/Metaphor/Personification

Why did the author include the figurative language? (Think about the images it creates and the things being compared.)

3. What is one example of figurative language on p. 101?

Circle the type: Simile/Metaphor/Personification

Why did the author include the figurative language? (Think about the images it creates and the things being compared.)

Part Four: Inference Chart (10 points)

Question / It say
(Find TEXT EVIDENCE that helps you answer the question) / I say
(What do YOU know about the question and text evidence) / And so
(Using it says and I say, answer the question)
Chapter 5: What is wrong with May?

Part Five: Open-ended response (30 points)

Use the rubric to answer prompt correctly. You may use quotes from ANY part of the novel to support your answer.

Prompt: One of the major themes in the novel The Secret Lives of Bees is guilt. Describe how the theme of guilt has been introduced in the novel so far. Support your answer with two quotes from the novel.

Score / Requirements
30 / Turned the prompt into an opening sentence using key words from the prompt.
Answered the question correctly.
Provided two or more quotes and explained how the quotes supported the answer.
Finished the response with a concluding sentence that restated the answer.
20 / Turned the prompt into an opening sentence, but did not use key words from the prompt.
Answered the question .
Provided two or more quotes with little or no explanation.
Finished the response with a concluding sentence.
10 / Did not turn the prompt into an opening sentence.
Answered the question incorrectly.
Provided one quote.
No concluding sentence.
0 / Blank, illegible or off-task response.