1. When Halmoni arrives home, what do they learn she has been out doing?
(a) She was getting her hair cut.
(b) She was at the doctor.
(c) She was with her friends.
(d) She was grocery shopping.

2. What does Lily say is her "superpower" (1)?
(a) Invisibility.
(b) Telling stories.
(c) Flight.
(d) Seeing ghosts.

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

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

5. What does the frog figure near Lily and Sam's picture guard?
(a) Their health.
(b) Their academic success.
(c) Their happiness.
(d) Their wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is the only person that Lily says her "invisibility never works on" (25)?

3. In Halmoni's story in Chapter 8, who is the original storyteller?

4. What does Halmoni do to tease her daughter and show support for one of her granddaughters?

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

(see the answer key)

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