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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sam feel responsible for Halmoni's collapse?
(a) Her behavior has caused stress for both her mother and Halmoni.
(b) She wished that her grandmother would die soon.
(c) She never wanted to come to Sunbeam in the first place.
(d) She caused a commotion by yelling at Lily.

2. On their way home from the restaurant, how much time does Joan say Halmoni probably has left?
(a) One to two months.
(b) A week to two months.
(c) Two months to a year.
(d) One to two weeks.

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

4. In Lily's story in Chapter 43, who is the "new" sky god?
(a) Lily's mother.
(b) Lily's grandmother.
(c) Lily.
(d) Lily's great-grandmother.

5. What word does Ricky try to use in Chapter 34 because he wants Lily to feel comfortable and respected?
(a) Kimchi.
(b) Kosa.
(c) Annyeong.
(d) Halmoni.

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

7. In Chapter 41, what does the tiger tell Lily about the story from the broken jar?
(a) Lily will need to find the story and bring it to the tiger.
(b) It has been released, just like the other two stories.
(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.

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

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

10. What is Joan trying to tell Lily when Halmoni starts trying to make her eat a piece of kalbi?
(a) That Lily needs to stop talking about tigers because it is upsetting her grandmother.
(b) That she spoke to Ricky's father on the phone.
(c) That she tried one of Lily's rice cakes and thinks they are good.
(d) That she would like both Lily and Sam to help with the library bake sale.

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

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 the library.
(c) In Halmoni's basement.
(d) In Halmoni's kitchen.

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

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

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

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 Ricky say his friends think about Lily after the mud incident?

3. When Lily is outside the hospital talking to the tiger in Chapter 41, what contradictory feelings does she express?

4. What does Lily decide to make in the middle of the night in Chapter 45?

5. What technique is used on page 260 when Lily says "I am the sun"?

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