Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Secret Life of Bees? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Lily and Rosaleen watch the president sign the Civil Rights Act into law? Which president?
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Q. Which historical figure is not mentioned at any point in the novel?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gandhi
Hubert Humphrey
Q. Which president is August's other apprentice beekeeper named after?
Zachary Taylor
Zachary Lincoln
Zachary Washington
Zach Morris
Q. What impending historic achievement does Walter Cronkite report in the novel?
The mission to Mars
U.S. plans to send a rocket to the moon
Deployment of the atomic bomb
Learning how to train penguins to attack
Q. For whom does Rosaleen plan to vote in the next presidential election?
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Herself