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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapters 32-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lily thinks that her mother would call Jensen an "unrelenting optimist" (65). What does this mean?
(a) Jensen is friendly and outgoing.
(b) Jensen is clever and good with words.
(c) Jensen believes that hard work can make anything possible.
(d) Jensen always tries to look on the bright side of things.

2. Whom does Sam suggest can drive her and Lily to the hospital?
(a) Rick Everett.
(b) The next-door neighbor.
(c) Jensen.
(d) Joe.

3. What does Lily think she needs to do in order to make Halmoni well again?
(a) Give the tiger back the stories that Halmoni stole.
(b) Get a job so the family can pay for treatments.
(c) Be a better daughter and granddaughter.
(d) Go to the library and learn about her grandmother's illness.

4. When Lily was little, what did she think the library across the street looked like?
(a) The brick house from "The Three Little Pigs."
(b) The grandmother's house from "Little Red Riding Hood."
(c) The bears' house from "Goldilocks."
(d) The gingerbread house from "Hansel and Gretel."

5. What word does Lily use on page 57 to describe people who have an easy time making and keeping friends?
(a) "Magnetic."
(b) "Magic."
(c) "Glowing."
(d) "Sticky."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily compare the shattering jars to?

2. From her comments to Lily in Chapter 33, what is it clear that Sam thinks she cannot believe in and be a grownup?

3. What does Halmoni tell Lily is the "bravest thing of all" (51)?

4. In Chapter 38, when Lily explains that it feels like no matter how tight she tries to squeeze her heart to hold it together, it just keeps crumbling away, what earlier conversation does this remind the reader of?

5. What unusual thing does Lily see in Chapter 15 that makes her very worried about Halmoni?

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