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

2. What does Joe compare stories to in Chapter 30?
(a) People.
(b) Water.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Stars.

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

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

5. When does Sam think that you really lose a person who dies?
(a) When you forget your stories about them.
(b) When you forget the sound of their laughter.
(c) When you can no longer remember their voice.
(d) When you can no longer picture their face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other strange thing beside mud does Ricky say he has eaten?

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

3. What does Lily put into Ricky's pudding cup?

4. What is Sam doing at the window in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 26?

5. On page 170, what does Lily say "always come[s] at a price"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the tiger's second story, who is the girl and what happens to her?

2. Even if the stories did not make Halmoni's physical illness go away, in what sense have they healed her?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 40, what is Lily's plan to get herself and Sam to the hospital?

4. When Lily talked with Olivia at the restaurant, what did Olivia mention that Lily thought would never happen, and how does it actually happen in Chapter 29?

5. What does Lily tell Ricky his house reminds her of, and why does she feel bad about saying it?

6. At the end of the book, what ceremony from the beginning of the book is repeated in a new way?

7. In Chapter 39, what does Sam confess to Lily about her response to their father's death?

8. When Lily and Sam are talking in Chapter 33, what does Sam say that causes Lily to tell her to "knock on wood," and why does Sam refuse to do this (226)?

9. When Lily goes upstairs in Chapter 33, in what way is she using Sam's example to guide her own behavior?

10. When Lily gets ready to go downstairs in Chapter 26, what similarity does she recognize to Halmoni's story, and how does it make her feel?

(see the answer keys)

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