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

2. What does Lily realize when she sees the tiger at the beginning of Chapter 27?
(a) The tiger is like her sister Sam.
(b) She feels both angry at and sorry for the tiger.
(c) She's not as afraid as she once was.
(d) The tiger is actually trapped, this time.

3. When Jensen says that it is almost like folktales are living things, what does Lily feel?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sadness.

4. What technique is used when, on page 174, Lily says that Ricky's house "is a stuffy lady who works in a fancy museum"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Irony.
(d) Paradox.

5. What does Sam think is true about Lily's interest in Ricky?
(a) That Lily just wants to be friends with Ricky.
(b) That Lily feels sorry for Ricky.
(c) That Lily is using Ricky to help her trap a tiger.
(d) That Lily has a crush on Ricky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily compare the shattering jars to?

2. Why does Lily call Ricky at the end of Chapter 24?

3. On page 170, what does Lily say "always come[s] at a price"?

4. What is the best description of Joan's attitude when she catches Lily in the kitchen in Chapter 28?

5. When the girls lived with Halmoni before, where did their mother sleep?

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