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

2. In Chapter 41, what does the tiger tell Lily the tiger-girl has learned?
(a) That stories are a way of connecting people.
(b) That it is possible to be more than just one thing.
(c) That family can come in many forms.
(d) That love is more important than being right.

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

4. When Lily asks her mother whether she was ever ashamed of Halmoni when she was young, what does Joan answer?
(a) Never.
(b) She refuses to answer.
(c) She tells Lily not to ask rude questions.
(d) Yes, sometimes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lily is looking out the window as Halmoni is dying, what does she see?

2. What does Lily have to substitute for bean paste in her rice cakes?

3. Why is Sam scared to drive herself and Lily to the hospital?

4. What word does Ricky try to use in Chapter 34 because he wants Lily to feel comfortable and respected?

5. What is Ricky's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Joan upset that Lily has done something mean to Ricky, in particular, and what does she say Lily will need to do?

3. What does Halmoni tell Lily about the star jars in Chapter 35, and what does Lily do as a result in Chapter 36?

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

5. 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)?

6. When Lily sees the tiger at the library, what does the tiger say she got wrong about Lily, and what is Lily's response?

7. In Chapter 41, what does Lily tell the tiger about how she has changed and her feelings about this change?

8. What does Joan tell Lily and Sam on the way home from the restaurant in Chapter 24, and how does Sam react?

9. When Lily gets to the hospital in Chapter 41, what two things tell her that Halmoni is dying?

10. Why does Lily want to throw away the rice cakes before even baking them, and how does Ricky convince her not to?

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