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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. When Lily tells Sam Halmoni's story about stealing stories, what does Sam think is true about her grandmother?
(a) She is more magical than Sam realized.
(b) She has a mental illness.
(c) She is less honest than she pretends.
(d) She was only teasing Lily with this story.

2. In Chapter 38, when Lily explains that it feels like no matter how tight she tries to squeeze her heart to hold it together, it just keeps crumbling away, what earlier conversation does this remind the reader of?
(a) When the tiger told her its first story.
(b) When Halmoni told her the first tiger story.
(c) When Joe compared stories to water.
(d) When Joan explained about tackling tough problems right away.

3. What is the first thing that Halmoni says that Lily thinks she might be wrong about?
(a) It is better to hide sad stories.
(b) Joan is not a good daughter.
(c) Tigers are tricky.
(d) Sisters should stick together.

4. In Halmoni's stories, who is "Unya"?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The little sister.
(c) The big sister.
(d) The sky god.

5. What is Joan trying to tell Lily when Halmoni starts trying to make her eat a piece of kalbi?
(a) That she tried one of Lily's rice cakes and thinks they are good.
(b) That she would like both Lily and Sam to help with the library bake sale.
(c) That she spoke to Ricky's father on the phone.
(d) That Lily needs to stop talking about tigers because it is upsetting her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that the family eat at Dragon Thyme in Chapter 23?

2. What does Lily have to substitute for bean paste in her rice cakes?

3. What other strange thing beside mud does Ricky say he has eaten?

4. What does Sam put in her pocket before she goes to Ricky's house in Chapter 34?

5. What does Lily discover on the stairs when she comes down in the morning in Chapter 29?

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