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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Halmoni gets confused in the restaurant, who does Lily blame?
(a) Herself, for unleashing the story's consequence.
(b) Halmoni, for overtaxing herself.
(c) Sam, for asking questions about the past.
(d) Her mother, for arguing with Halmoni.

2. 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) Asks Sam to get rid of it.
(c) Hides it in the trash.
(d) Apologizes to her grandmother.

3. Lily thinks that her mother would call Jensen an "unrelenting optimist" (65). What does this mean?
(a) Jensen is friendly and outgoing.
(b) Jensen believes that hard work can make anything possible.
(c) Jensen is clever and good with words.
(d) Jensen always tries to look on the bright side of things.

4. What has physically changed about Halmoni since Lily last saw her?
(a) She is thinner.
(b) She has cut her hair short.
(c) She has stopped dying her hair.
(d) She is not wearing makeup.

5. In the story that the tiger tells in Chapter 22, why is the girl lonely?
(a) She is the only human alive at this time.
(b) She lives alone in a mountain cave.
(c) Her village is very small and isolated.
(d) She has a secret she cannot tell anyone.

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

7. When the girls lived with Halmoni before, where did their mother sleep?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In Halmoni's bedroom.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the living room.

8. When the tiger agrees to help Halmoni, what new condition does she add to the bargain?
(a) Lily will have to keep the transaction a secret.
(b) Lily will have to give her Halmoni's stories.
(c) Lily will have to get Sam to help her.
(d) Lily will have to listen to the stories.

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

10. What claim does Halmoni make that Lily has a hard time believing?
(a) Halmoni claims that there is a tiger in the basement.
(b) Halmoni claims that the tiger appeared because Sam called to it.
(c) Halmoni claims that the girls' mother saw the tiger when she was a child.
(d) Halmoni claims to have stolen something from the tigers.

11. What strange thing does Lily discover about the basement?
(a) It is full of furniture and clothing that she has never seen before.
(b) It is completely empty except for a small gold tiger figure.
(c) It has been entirely painted black.
(d) It does not seem to have been flooded, at all.

12. What confuses Lily about the way Ricky talks about his mother?
(a) He sometimes uses the past tense and sometimes uses the present tense.
(b) He says that he loves her but makes a lot of critical remarks about her.
(c) He acts like information about his mother is a big secret.
(d) He does not seem to know very much about his own mother.

13. What does Lily think she sees in the road?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A dog.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A bear.

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

15. How does Lily feel when Jensen meets Sam?
(a) Happy, because it makes her think that Sam might start acting nicer to her.
(b) Embarrassed, because Sam is acting really strangely.
(c) Jealous, because she feels like Sam is stealing her friend.
(d) Angry, because she has already asked Sam to stay away from the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What side-effect of Halmoni's illness explains something that has been puzzling Lily about the basement?

2. What does Lily say on page 125 to keep Sam from calling their mother about Ricky's visit?

3. Where did Sam and Lily live before moving to Washington?

4. What does Ricky say that he and Jensen have in common?

5. What technique is employed when Lily says "Nobody can resist Halmoni. She's like gravity" (25)?

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