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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description of Joan's attitude when she catches Lily in the kitchen in Chapter 28?
(a) Warm and casual.
(b) Skeptical and reserved.
(c) Cold and critical.
(d) Confused and worried.

2. Joan's search for the rice and the rice that Lily found on the stairs are examples of what plotting device?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Nonlinear narrative.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Central conflict.

3. 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 embarrassed.
(b) She feels discouraged.
(c) She feels betrayed.
(d) She feels confused.

4. Whom does Sam suggest can drive her and Lily to the hospital?
(a) Jensen.
(b) Rick Everett.
(c) The next-door neighbor.
(d) Joe.

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

6. When Lily comes downstairs in the beginning of Chapter 29, what does she find Halmoni doing?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Telling a story.

7. On page 278, when Lily says that she is scared, what does Joan tell her?
(a) "You're not alone."
(b) "Be brave for Halmoni."
(c) "Sam and I are scared, too."
(d) "There's nothing to be scared of."

8. What theory about the tiger's appearances outside of their car does Lily explain in Chapter 40?
(a) The tiger was trying to guide them safely home.
(b) The tiger was tracking them to find Halmoni's house.
(c) The tiger was trying to warn her about Halmoni's health.
(d) The tiger was hoping that Halmoni would see her.

9. On page 271, what does Halmoni say the "strongest thing" sometimes is?
(a) "To stop running."
(b) "To be brave."
(c) "To have hope."
(d) "To believe."

10. What does Jensen pull Sam away to help her with in Chapter 30?
(a) Shelving books.
(b) An email newsletter.
(c) Organizing tables for the bake sale.
(d) A poster.

11. When does Sam think that you really lose a person who dies?
(a) When you forget your stories about them.
(b) When you can no longer remember their voice.
(c) When you can no longer picture their face.
(d) When you forget the sound of their laughter.

12. What detail in Lily's story in Chapter 43 lets the reader know that it is set in modern times?
(a) The grandmother buys Reece's peanut butter cups.
(b) The younger sister is watching television.
(c) The grandmother gets stuck in traffic.
(d) The older sister has a cell phone.

13. In Chapter 41, what does the tiger tell Lily about the story from the broken jar?
(a) It has been released, just like the other two stories.
(b) Lily will need to find the story and bring it to the tiger.
(c) It is lost and no one will ever know what the story was about.
(d) Lily will need to ask Halmoni to tell the story before she dies.

14. 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) Paradox.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Irony.
(d) Metaphor.

15. When Lily is looking out the window as Halmoni is dying, what does she see?
(a) Two little spots of light, like eyes.
(b) Halmoni's reflection in the glass.
(c) The stars.
(d) The full moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lily looking for as Ricky leads her through his house?

2. Why does Sam feel responsible for Halmoni's collapse?

3. When Halmoni sees Lily's necklace in Chapter 29, what does she ask her?

4. What additional circumstance makes it even harder for Sam to drive herself and Lily to the hospital?

5. When Lily comes upstairs in Chapter 35, what does she see Halmoni doing?

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