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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she is talking with Ricky in his kitchen, what does Lily consider for the first time might be true?
(a) That her mother is a beautiful woman.
(b) That her grandmother is magical.
(c) That she is an interesting person.
(d) That Sam still loves and cares about her.

2. What does Joe give Lily when she gets to the library in Chapter 30?
(a) A pudding cup.
(b) A book of Korean folktales.
(c) A flyer for the library bake sale.
(d) A cupcake.

3. When Sam and Lily arrive at Halmoni's hospital room, whom does Halmoni say she wants to speak to?
(a) Lily.
(b) Joan.
(c) Sam.
(d) Halmoni's mother.

4. What is Sam doing at the window in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 26?
(a) Getting ready to drop a rope out.
(b) Signaling to a friend outside.
(c) Watching the stars.
(d) Tossing her backpack out.

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

6. When they are stopped in the car on the way to the hospital, what does Sam apologize to Lily for?
(a) Forgetting that sisters should stick together.
(b) Giving her the silent treatment.
(c) Calling her a QAG.
(d) Being so angry all the time.

7. From her comments to Lily in Chapter 33, what is it clear that Sam thinks she cannot believe in and be a grownup?
(a) Magic.
(b) God.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Miracles.

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

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

10. What does Lily discover on the stairs when she comes down in the morning in Chapter 29?
(a) Pine nuts.
(b) Mugwort.
(c) Rice.
(d) Tiger prints.

11. In the tiger's second story, what does the girl ask her grandmother to do?
(a) Teach her to make rice cakes.
(b) Tell her about her mother.
(c) Sing to her.
(d) Tell her stories.

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

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

14. What does Lily put into Ricky's pudding cup?
(a) Kimchi.
(b) Mugwort.
(c) Mud.
(d) Cough syrup.

15. What does Sam put in her pocket before she goes to Ricky's house in Chapter 34?
(a) Mugwort.
(b) Pine nuts.
(c) Rice.
(d) Rice cakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Lily's story in Chapter 43, what does Eggi do to try to change her grandmother back?

2. What technique is being used when the tiger refers to Halmoni as "my Ae-Cha"?

3. What does Lily realize when she sees the tiger at the beginning of Chapter 27?

4. When Lily sees the tiger in Chapter 40, what does the tiger make her apologize for?

5. When Sam talks about their father, what does Lily suddenly remember?

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