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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sam pretends to hand a star to Lily in Halmoni's hospital room, what is she saying with this gesture?
(a) That she is playing along in order to be a good older sister.
(b) That she now believes in the same magic that Lily believes in.
(c) That Lily should be the one to tell the story.
(d) That Lily is the one that Halmoni loves best.

2. On page 270, Halmoni says that she has seen her "umma." From context, what must this word mean?
(a) Mother.
(b) God.
(c) Family.
(d) Tiger.

3. What other strange thing beside mud does Ricky say he has eaten?
(a) A cricket.
(b) A salamander.
(c) A worm.
(d) A cockroach.

4. On page 170, what does Lily say "always come[s] at a price"?
(a) Hope.
(b) Magic.
(c) Love.
(d) Fighting.

5. What does Lily decide to make in the middle of the night in Chapter 45?
(a) Sweet and sour chicken.
(b) Rice cakes.
(c) Kimchi.
(d) Kalbi.

6. In the beginning of Chapter 45, what household problem do Joan and the girls face?
(a) Mice invade their kitchen cupboards.
(b) The basement floods.
(c) The side window will not stay closed.
(d) The stove catches fire.

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

8. In Chapter 41, what does the tiger tell Lily the tiger-girl has learned?
(a) That family can come in many forms.
(b) That stories are a way of connecting people.
(c) That love is more important than being right.
(d) That it is possible to be more than just one thing.

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

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

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

12. With Halmoni gone, how does the house feel, to Lily?
(a) Spooky and upsetting.
(b) Empty and quiet.
(c) Cold and bare.
(d) Suffocating and small.

13. When Sam talks about their father, what does Lily suddenly remember?
(a) Her dad pushing her on the swing.
(b) Her dad reading them bedtime stories.
(c) Her dad making them milkshakes.
(d) Her dad's eyes watering when he ate kimchi.

14. When Lily enters the kitchen in the beginning of Chapter 32, what is her mother looking for?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Herbs.
(c) Rice.
(d) Crackers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lily goes up to her bedroom in Chapter 36, what is the thumping noise that she hears?

2. What does Lily have to substitute for bean paste in her rice cakes?

3. On page 220, Joan refers to Halmoni as "eccentric." What does this mean is true about Halmoni?

4. In Chapter 40, what does Lily realize about Sam's attitude toward Halmoni's magic?

5. On their car ride home from the restaurant, what does Sam reveal to her family?

(see the answer keys)

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