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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Lily's story in Chapter 43, what does Eggi do to try to change her grandmother back?
(a) Scatters rice.
(b) Burns pine nuts.
(c) Spills the stars.
(d) Talks to a tiger.

2. In Chapter 45, what does Lily suddenly realize is about to happen?
(a) Joan's new job.
(b) The new school year.
(c) Sam's birthday.
(d) The bake sale.

3. When Lily goes down to see the tiger at the end of Chapter 33, what does she find?
(a) Halmoni has taken the boxes back upstairs.
(b) The tiger is not there.
(c) Joan is waiting for her.
(d) The tiger will no longer talk to her.

4. What is Joan trying to tell Lily when Halmoni starts trying to make her eat a piece of kalbi?
(a) That she spoke to Ricky's father on the phone.
(b) That Lily needs to stop talking about tigers because it is upsetting her grandmother.
(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.

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

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

7. What new fact does Lily learn about Halmoni in Chapter 45?
(a) Halmoni is the one who gave Lily her name.
(b) Halmoni wanted to be a writer when she was a little girl.
(c) Halmoni is the one who decorated the library.
(d) Halmoni once ran for mayor of Sunbeam.

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

9. In the tiger's second story, what calls to the girl?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The forest.
(c) The sky.
(d) The sea.

10. 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) Personification.
(b) Irony.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Oxymoron.

11. When Lily comes upstairs in Chapter 35, what does she see Halmoni doing?
(a) Throwing up.
(b) Talking to her own reflection.
(c) Sleepwalking.
(d) Cooking.

12. When Lily hears about Sam's plan at the beginning of Chapter 26, what is she afraid of?
(a) That Sam is going to run away.
(b) That Sam's behavior will give her mother more stress.
(c) That Sam really does not love her anymore.
(d) That Sam is going to embarrass the family.

13. What does Jensen pull Sam away to help her with in Chapter 30?
(a) Shelving books.
(b) An email newsletter.
(c) Organizing tables for the bake sale.
(d) A poster.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On page 271, what does Halmoni say the "strongest thing" sometimes is?

4. In Chapter 41, what does the tiger tell Lily about the story from the broken jar?

5. Besides Japan, which other country does Halmoni say did bad things to Korea?

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