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

2. When Sam and Lily get to Halmoni's room, what is Joan doing?
(a) Telling a story.
(b) Singing.
(c) Scattering rice.
(d) Praying.

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

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

5. On page 271, what does Halmoni say the "strongest thing" sometimes is?
(a) "To be brave."
(b) "To believe."
(c) "To stop running."
(d) "To have hope."

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the page 270 sentence "It's scratchy, and the fabric scritch-skritches against my thighs"?

2. On page 278, when Lily says that she is scared, what does Joan tell her?

3. What does Sam put in her pocket before she goes to Ricky's house in Chapter 34?

4. What does Lily compare the shattering jars to?

5. When she is talking with Ricky in his kitchen, what does Lily consider for the first time might be true?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the story that Lily tells in Chapter 43 change Halmoni's original tiger story to reflect Lily's new understanding of her family?

2. In Chapter 38, what does Lily learn about Sam's adventures outside the house at night?

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

4. What happens when Joan comes upstairs to see what the noise is in Chapter 37?

5. In Chapter 32, when Joan tells Lily that her actions at the library are more like something Sam would do, what does Lily realize?

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

7. When Lily returns to Halmoni's hospital room in Chapter 42, what does Halmoni tell Lily about her own mother and about Lily also seeing her?

8. When Lily sees Rick Everett in Chapter 34, what does she immediately say to him, and what is his response?

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

10. What do Ricky and his friends say at the library that upsets Lily, and how does she react?

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