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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. What "rule" does Lily think she might be breaking when, on page 20, she criticizes the way Sam treats their mother?
2. Where did Sam and Lily live before moving to Washington?
3. What surprising thing does Ricky tell Lily about his grandfather?
4. What part of the story that the tiger tells in Chapter 22 makes Lily wonder if the story is about Halmoni?
5. What does Lily say Halmoni's house looks like?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the ways that the author foreshadows the revelation that Halmoni is sick?
2. What does Lily learn in Chapter 9 about her grandmother's immigration to the United States?
3. In this story, what is kosa, and why is it important?
4. What does Lily learn about her grandmother in Chapter 15, and what decision does it cause her to make?
5. What feeling that Lily already struggled with in the library does Sam experience in the grocery store, and why?
6. What does Halmoni tell Lily that she stole, and why?
7. When Sam comes into the library looking for Lily, what is she mad about, and what temporarily distracts her from her anger?
8. What happens between Ricky and his father in the grocery store, and what does Halmoni tell them?
9. What events in Chapter 9 make Lily feel like her mother does not really know her?
10. Why does Halmoni call Lily her sun and Sam her moon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about Lily's "invisibility." Support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the role that stories play in the lives of the book's characters and in the book's overall theme. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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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