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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lily goes up to her bedroom in Chapter 36, what is the thumping noise that she hears?
(a) Sam climbing up the rope to their room.
(b) The tiger bounding up the stairs behind her.
(c) Halmoni falling in the kitchen.
(d) Joan coming in and slamming the front door.

2. When the tiger is done telling her second story, what aspect of it bothers Lily?
(a) The separation of the sisters.
(b) The older sister's failure to protect her younger sister.
(c) The sky god's failure to make the girl fully human.
(d) The loss of the pearl pendant.

3. When Halmoni sees Lily's necklace in Chapter 29, what does she ask her?
(a) If it is protecting her.
(b) If Sam has asked her about it.
(c) Where she got it.
(d) If she enjoys wearing it.

4. When Lily sees the tiger in Chapter 40, what does the tiger make her apologize for?
(a) Calling the tiger a monster.
(b) Disobeying her mother.
(c) Causing Halmoni to overexert herself.
(d) Telling Sam about seeing the tiger.

5. In Chapter 30, who upsets Lily by referring to Halmoni as "The crazy witch lady" (208)?
(a) Jensen.
(b) Adam.
(c) Conner.
(d) Ricky.

6. On page 171, what does Joan say that Lily thinks "moms are never supposed to say"?
(a) "I don't know."
(b) "I don't care."
(c) "I need help."
(d) "I've lost hope."

7. When Lily goes down to see the tiger at the end of Chapter 33, what does she find?
(a) The tiger is not there.
(b) Halmoni has taken the boxes back upstairs.
(c) Joan is waiting for her.
(d) The tiger will no longer talk to her.

8. Where does Sam stop the car on the way to the hospital?
(a) At Jensen's house.
(b) Halfway down Halmoni's driveway.
(c) In the parking lot of Dragon Thyme.
(d) In the road in front of the library.

9. On their car ride home from the restaurant, what does Sam reveal to her family?
(a) She expects that one day she will also run away.
(b) She is worried that Lily might be losing touch with reality.
(c) She is starting to be glad they moved.
(d) She might not believe in God.

10. In the tiger's second story, what does the grandmother put in the jars?
(a) Stories.
(b) Stars.
(c) Love.
(d) Night.

11. What additional circumstance makes it even harder for Sam to drive herself and Lily to the hospital?
(a) She hurt her hand climbing back into the house.
(b) She burned her hand cooking with Halmoni.
(c) She has never driven in the dark.
(d) It is raining hard.

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

13. What technique is used when, on page 174, Lily says that Ricky's house "is a stuffy lady who works in a fancy museum"?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Irony.
(d) Metaphor.

14. Why is Sam scared to drive herself and Lily to the hospital?
(a) Their father died in a car accident.
(b) She is too emotional to drive safely.
(c) It is not legal for her to drive without an adult.
(d) She does not have permission to use the car.

15. What is the best description of Lily's feelings when Sam tells her mother about the mud in Ricky's pudding cup?
(a) She feels betrayed.
(b) She feels confused.
(c) She feels discouraged.
(d) She feels embarrassed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Sam suggest can drive her and Lily to the hospital?

2. In the tiger's second story, what calls to the girl?

3. On page 270, Halmoni says that she has seen her "umma." From context, what must this word mean?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 45, what household problem do Joan and the girls face?

5. At the end of Chapter 25, what is Ricky pleased to find out Lily think about him?

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