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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily compare Sam to as they stand in the rain outside Halmoni's cottage?
(a) A hen.
(b) A bear.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A goldfish.

2. Where did Sam and Lily live before moving to Washington?
(a) Arizona.
(b) California.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Oregon.

3. In the story that the tiger tells in Chapter 22, what can the human girl turn into?
(a) A bear.
(b) A star.
(c) A story.
(d) A tiger.

4. In Halmoni's stories, who is "Unya"?
(a) The sky god.
(b) The tiger.
(c) The big sister.
(d) The little sister.

5. When the girls lived with Halmoni before, where did their mother sleep?
(a) In Halmoni's bedroom.
(b) In the living room.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lily thinks that her mother would call Jensen an "unrelenting optimist" (65). What does this mean?

2. What is the name of the older man who works at the library?

3. What does Sam think is true about Lily's interest in Ricky?

4. What confuses Lily about the way Ricky talks about his mother?

5. When Lily traps the tiger in Chapter 21, how does she think the tiger looks?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Sam and Lily's mother is trying to get the girls out of the car at Halmoni's, what happens that shows how Lily gets put in the middle of Sam and their mother's fights?

2. What kind of a trap do Lily and Ricky build, and where do they build it?

3. In what way is Jensen mostly responsible for Lily getting to know Ricky in the library?

4. When Lily tells Sam about the tiger, at the beginning of Chapter 16, what is Sam's response?

5. What does QAG stand for in this story, and why is it a mean thing for Sam to call Lily?

6. When the girls and their mother get to Halmoni's house, how does their mother get them inside, and what does it reveal to the girls?

7. When Lily goes to the library and asks Ricky for help, what does he suggest, and what is her reaction?

8. What happens between Ricky and his father in the grocery store, and what does Halmoni tell them?

9. In this story, what is kosa, and why is it important?

10. What unusual thing does Ricky seem to wear a lot of, and why does he do it?

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