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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 is the first thing that Halmoni says that Lily thinks she might be wrong about?
(a) Tigers are tricky.
(b) Joan is not a good daughter.
(c) Sisters should stick together.
(d) It is better to hide sad stories.

2. What does Joan warn Lily is a side-effect of the herbs that Halmoni takes for her nausea?
(a) Falling asleep at unpredictable times.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Vivid dreams and nightmares.
(d) Sleepwalking.

3. When she is talking with Ricky in his kitchen, what does Lily consider for the first time might be true?
(a) That Sam still loves and cares about her.
(b) That her grandmother is magical.
(c) That her mother is a beautiful woman.
(d) That she is an interesting person.

4. What is the best description of Lily's feelings when Sam tells her mother about the mud in Ricky's pudding cup?
(a) She feels confused.
(b) She feels discouraged.
(c) She feels embarrassed.
(d) She feels betrayed.

5. In Chapter 38, when Lily explains that it feels like no matter how tight she tries to squeeze her heart to hold it together, it just keeps crumbling away, what earlier conversation does this remind the reader of?
(a) When Joan explained about tackling tough problems right away.
(b) When Halmoni told her the first tiger story.
(c) When Joe compared stories to water.
(d) When the tiger told her its first story.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 270, Halmoni says that she has seen her "umma." From context, what must this word mean?

2. On their car ride home from the restaurant, what does Sam reveal to her family?

3. On the seventh night after Halmoni dies, what favorite food does Ricky text Lily about?

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

5. In Chapter 40, what does Lily realize about Sam's attitude toward Halmoni's magic?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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)?

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

3. What things about Ricky's family does Lily learn on the way to his house in Chapter 25?

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

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

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

7. As Halmoni lies dying in Chapter 41, what gesture does Sam make with the necklace that has a symbolic meaning, and what is that meaning?

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

9. 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?

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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