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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 piece of jewelry does Halmoni give Lily in Chapter 12?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A ring.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A brooch.

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

3. What does Halmoni say the sad stories are about?
(a) Diseases and death.
(b) Tiger hunting.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) Korean history.

4. On page 8, what does Lily say is the opening of all of Halmoni's stories?
(a) "Long before there was a sun and moon."
(b) "Long, long ago, when tiger walked like a man."
(c) "When I was a little girl in Korea."
(d) "My grandmother told me, and now I am telling you."

5. In her story, how does Halmoni say she trapped the tigers?
(a) By planting mugwort all around the mountain.
(b) By luring them into a cage.
(c) By flooding the path down the mountain.
(d) By building a wall of stones in front of their caves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long before they moved did the girls know about their mother's plan to move?

3. What technique is employed in Lily's description of the attic beds that used to be pushed together but are now far apart?

4. What kind of child does Halmoni claim that the girls' mother was?

5. Where did Sam and Lily live before moving to Washington?

(see the answer key)

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