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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Imagery.

2. What does Ricky say his friends think about Lily after the mud incident?
(a) They think she is melodramatic.
(b) They think she is weird.
(c) They think she is cool.
(d) They think she is mean.

3. 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 Lily should be the one to tell the story.
(c) That she now believes in the same magic that Lily believes in.
(d) That Lily is the one that Halmoni loves best.

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

6. When Lily goes up to her bedroom in Chapter 36, what is the thumping noise that she hears?
(a) Joan coming in and slamming the front door.
(b) The tiger bounding up the stairs behind her.
(c) Sam climbing up the rope to their room.
(d) Halmoni falling in the kitchen.

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

8. On page 171, what does Joan say that Lily thinks "moms are never supposed to say"?
(a) "I don't care."
(b) "I need help."
(c) "I don't know."
(d) "I've lost hope."

9. In the tiger's second story, how does the girl's wrist feel when the grandmother touches it?
(a) Furry.
(b) Cold.
(c) Scarred.
(d) Slippery.

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

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

12. 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 separation of the sisters.
(c) The sky god's failure to make the girl fully human.
(d) The loss of the pearl pendant.

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

14. What term is it reasonable to apply to the situation Lily describes when she says that she does not understand how Halmoni can be the only person who really sees her and yet also the person who makes her mother feel forgotten?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Irony.
(d) Personification.

15. In Chapter 34, what does Ricky advise Lily she should do to improve her tiger trap?
(a) Put a prey animal in the middle of the trap.
(b) Move it to a better location.
(c) Camouflage the trap.
(d) Add laser beams.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sam and Lily get to Halmoni's room, what is Joan doing?

2. When does Sam think that you really lose a person who dies?

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

4. Where did Lily learn the trick that she uses to open a window in Chapter 40?

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

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