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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Lily is outside the hospital talking to the tiger in Chapter 41, what contradictory feelings does she express?
(a) She wants to be close to Sam again, but she also wants to be independent.
(b) She wants to tell people when she disagrees with them, but she also does not want anyone to be angry at her.
(c) She wants Halmoni to live, but she also wants Halmoni's pain to be over.
(d) She wants to be invisible, but she also wants to be noticed.

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

5. Besides Japan, which other country does Halmoni say did bad things to Korea?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Taiwan.
(c) The United States.
(d) China.

6. 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.

7. In Chapter 28, when Lily gets caught in the kitchen and tells her mother that she is hungry, what does Joan say?
(a) She asks what Lily wants to eat.
(b) She asks Lily where Sam has gone.
(c) She criticizes Lily for making noise that might wake Halmoni.
(d) She tells Lily that the middle of the night is not snack time.

8. On page 220, Joan refers to Halmoni as "eccentric." What does this mean is true about Halmoni?
(a) That she holds herself to a higher standard than most people do.
(b) That she is exciting and unpredictable.
(c) That she usually goes too far in the things she says and does.
(d) That she does not always do things the way that other people do them.

9. In Chapter 38, when Lily explains that it feels like no matter how tight she tries to squeeze her heart to hold it together, it just keeps crumbling away, what earlier conversation does this remind the reader of?
(a) When Joe compared stories to water.
(b) When the tiger told her its first story.
(c) When Joan explained about tackling tough problems right away.
(d) When Halmoni told her the first tiger story.

10. When Lily asks her mother whether she was ever ashamed of Halmoni when she was young, what does Joan answer?
(a) Never.
(b) She tells Lily not to ask rude questions.
(c) She refuses to answer.
(d) Yes, sometimes.

11. What technique is used in the page 270 sentence "It's scratchy, and the fabric scritch-skritches against my thighs"?
(a) Irony.
(b) Simile.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

12. In the beginning of Chapter 40, where does Lily think she might find the tiger?
(a) On the road outside of Sunbeam.
(b) In Halmoni's kitchen.
(c) In Halmoni's basement.
(d) In the library.

13. What important fact does Lily realize about Sam in Chapter 46?
(a) She is a lot more like Lily than Lily realized.
(b) She does believe in the same magic as Halmoni believed in.
(c) She is in a romantic relationship with Jensen.
(d) She never intended to hurt Lily's feelings with her anger.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 34, what does Ricky advise Lily she should do to improve her tiger trap?

2. When Lily enters the kitchen in the beginning of Chapter 32, what is her mother looking for?

3. When Lily thinks she hears the tiger's voice again at the end of the book, whose voice is she really hearing?

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

5. In Chapter 45, what does Lily suddenly realize is about to happen?

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