The religious customs and beliefs of the Boatwright family in the novel borrow from many traditions. I placed on the board the tradition from Catholicism -The Virgin Mary- and the tradition from the Jewish faith-the Wailing Wall. We then looked at photos of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and discussed the custom of inserting written prayers into the wall's crevices. We finished reading Chapter 4 noting how the character ,May, eases her extreme mental suffering and pain by creating her own"wailing wall" in the backyard .She likewise inserts in her wall written prayers or events that cause her angst. The characters' practice of drawing on multiple traditions fit well with one of today's vocabulary words "eclectic". Lena then completed a chapter 4 comprehension and vocabulary quiz. She scored 100%. We began studying chapter 5 by first examining the metaphor in the prologue .Lena recognized the meaning of the metaphor wherein the darkness in the beehive represents darkness of difficult times in one's life.