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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lily, Sam, and their mother discover when they get to Halmoni's door?
(a) Halmoni is not happy to see them.
(b) Halmoni is not home.
(c) Halmoni is sick, in bed.
(d) Halmoni has an unexpected guest.

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

3. When Jensen says that it is almost like folktales are living things, what does Lily feel?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Sadness.

4. 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 does not seem to know very much about his own mother.
(d) He acts like information about his mother is a big secret.

5. What technique is employed when Lily says "Nobody can resist Halmoni. She's like gravity" (25)?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Irony.

6. In her story, how does Halmoni say she trapped the tigers?
(a) By building a wall of stones in front of their caves.
(b) By flooding the path down the mountain.
(c) By planting mugwort all around the mountain.
(d) By luring them into a cage.

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

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

9. 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 brick house from "The Three Little Pigs."
(d) The grandmother's house from "Little Red Riding Hood."

10. What does Lily notice on Halmoni's nightstand in Chapter 8?
(a) A frog figure.
(b) A jewelry box.
(c) A book.
(d) Pill bottles.

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

12. What does Lily say Halmoni's house looks like?
(a) Love.
(b) Secrets.
(c) Magic.
(d) Stories.

13. 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 does not seem to have been flooded, at all.
(c) It has been entirely painted black.
(d) It is completely empty except for a small gold tiger figure.

14. What does Lily learn that Halmoni used to sell when she first moved to Sunbeam?
(a) Rice cakes.
(b) Herbs.
(c) Cupcakes.
(d) Tea.

15. What does Lily think she needs to do in order to make Halmoni well again?
(a) Go to the library and learn about her grandmother's illness.
(b) Be a better daughter and granddaughter.
(c) Give the tiger back the stories that Halmoni stole.
(d) Get a job so the family can pay for treatments.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Ricky tells Lily about failing language arts, what is she motivated to share with him?

3. What unusual thing does Lily see in Chapter 15 that makes her very worried about Halmoni?

4. What does Halmoni say the sad stories are about?

5. What does Ricky compare Halmoni's house to?

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