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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. In the beginning of Chapter 15, who does Lily overhear having a conversation?
(a) Joan and Halmoni.
(b) Joan and Sam.
(c) Halmoni and Sam.
(d) Halmoni and the tiger.

2. When Lily goes downstairs in the middle of the night in Chapter 14, who does she have a conversation with?
(a) Halmoni.
(b) Sam.
(c) The tiger.
(d) Her mother.

3. What surprising thing does Ricky tell Lily about his grandfather?
(a) He dated Halmoni.
(b) He will be Lily's teacher in the fall.
(c) He hunted tigers.
(d) He is Korean.

4. What technique is employed in Lily's description of the attic beds that used to be pushed together but are now far apart?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

5. In the opening of the story, what are Sam and their mother fighting about?
(a) Moving to Washington.
(b) Sam's phone.
(c) Sam's friends.
(d) The new school the girls will go to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the librarian seem to blame for young people not using the library very much?

2. What does Sam say that Halmoni's house is full of?

3. What word does Lily use on page 57 to describe people who have an easy time making and keeping friends?

4. Lily thinks that her mother would call Jensen an "unrelenting optimist" (65). What does this mean?

5. What "rule" does Lily think she might be breaking when, on page 20, she criticizes the way Sam treats their mother?

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