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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What treat does Jensen offer Lily at the library?
(a) A chocolate cupcake.
(b) Peanut butter cups.
(c) A sticky bun.
(d) A blueberry muffin.

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

4. What does the tiger ask for at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) Halmoni's necklace.
(b) Rice cakes.
(c) Mugwort.
(d) Pine nuts.

5. What does Joan say to her mother in the restaurant that she immediately regrets saying?
(a) That she wanted to move away from home.
(b) That she does not believe in her mother's stories.
(c) That Halmoni was not always a very nice mother.
(d) That she hates rice cakes.

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

7. What does Lily say that causes Sam to tell Lily that she is naive?
(a) She thinks that their new school will be even better than their old school.
(b) She thinks that they will have a lot of fun at Halmoni's house.
(c) She does not think their mother dated anyone before their father.
(d) She does not think that Halmoni and their mother ever argue.

8. What unusual thing does Lily see in Chapter 15 that makes her very worried about Halmoni?
(a) Halmoni is talking to the empty air.
(b) Her mother is crying.
(c) Sam is reading about Korean herbal medicine.
(d) The tiger is in Halmoni's room now.

9. What does Lily do at the end of Chapter 9 when she breaks the mug?
(a) Pretends that she does not know what happened to it.
(b) Apologizes to her grandmother.
(c) Asks Sam to get rid of it.
(d) Hides it in the trash.

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

11. What physical feature does Jensen have that Halmoni has told Lily is "lucky" (63)?
(a) Warm hands.
(b) Curly hair.
(c) Freckles.
(d) Blue eyes.

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

13. How does Lily get Jensen out of the way so that she can talk to Ricky?
(a) She tells Jensen that she thinks she left her phone in the staff room.
(b) She tells Jensen that Joe needs her.
(c) She asks Jensen to get her a snack.
(d) She asks Jensen to find her a book.

14. Where did Sam and Lily live before moving to Washington?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Nevada.
(d) California.

15. Naming a town where it always rains "Sunbeam" is an example of what technique?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Irony.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lily gets to the library in Chapter 16, what does Joe tell her?

2. In the story that the tiger tells in Chapter 22, who is the girl trying to save when she makes her bargain with the sky god?

3. In Chapter 16, what objection to stories does Sam express?

4. When the tiger agrees to help Halmoni, what new condition does she add to the bargain?

5. When they leave the library, what does Sam compare Halmoni's house to?

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