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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapters 8-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Halmoni swerves to the side of the road in Chapter 13, Lily thinks that it is because of the tiger--but what other reason does she find out that Halmoni has?
(a) Halmoni does not remember where she is.
(b) Halmoni is too scared of the rain to keep driving.
(c) Halmoni is angry about Sam and Lily's bickering.
(d) Halmoni is feeling sick to her stomach.

3. What does Halmoni plan to do with the pine nuts from the grocery store?
(a) Give them to Lily as a snack.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Scatter them under the full moon.
(d) Add them to rice cakes.

4. What does Halmoni do to tease her daughter and show support for one of her granddaughters?
(a) Refuses to move the boxes in front of the stairs.
(b) Insists on doing the kosa ceremony before dinner.
(c) Pretends that she also had a blond streak in her hair when she was young.
(d) Tells her daughter to go change her clothing.

5. What does Sam say that Halmoni's house is full of?
(a) Love.
(b) Stories.
(c) Secrets.
(d) Magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lily tells Sam Halmoni's story about stealing stories, what does Sam think is true about her grandmother?

2. What surprising thing does Ricky tell Lily about his grandfather?

3. In the opening of the story, what are Sam and their mother fighting about?

4. What claim does Halmoni make that Lily has a hard time believing?

5. In Chapter 10, what does the reader learn Halmoni's name actually is?

(see the answer key)

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