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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lily goes downstairs in the middle of the night in Chapter 14, who does she have a conversation with?

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

3. What does Lily say on page 125 to keep Sam from calling their mother about Ricky's visit?

4. In Chapter 10, what does the reader learn Halmoni's name actually is?

5. Naming a town where it always rains "Sunbeam" is an example of what technique?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Halmoni call Lily her sun and Sam her moon?

3. When Sam is doing Lily's hair in Chapter 20, what reasons does she give for disliking Halmoni's tiger story?

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

5. In the story that the tiger tells Lily in Chapter 22, what sacrifice does the tiger-girl have to make, and how does it make Lily feel?

6. When Lily tells Halmoni about seeing the tiger again, what does Halmoni do?

7. When Sam comes into the library looking for Lily, what is she mad about, and what temporarily distracts her from her anger?

8. 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?

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

10. What happens when the box slips from Ricky's hands, and why is it so upsetting to Lily?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the many ways in which the characters in this book "leave" one another; include in your analysis a claim about what "leaving" means within the context of the book as a whole. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the novel's setting in Sunbeam, Washington. Use evidence from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explain Halmoni's comment, on page 270, that Lily's special power is that she can "see." Give examples from throughout the text that support your interpretation of Halmoni's words.

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