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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. In the tiger's second story, how does the girl's wrist feel when the grandmother touches it?

2. What does Lily compare the shattering jars to?

3. In Chapter 41, what does the tiger tell Lily the tiger-girl has learned?

4. When Sam pretends to hand a star to Lily in Halmoni's hospital room, what is she saying with this gesture?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Even if the stories did not make Halmoni's physical illness go away, in what sense have they healed her?

2. In Chapter 41, what realization does Lily come to about the tiger's identity, and what clues help her figure it out?

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

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

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

6. In the tiger's second story, who is the girl and what happens to her?

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

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

10. When Lily goes upstairs in Chapter 33, in what way is she using Sam's example to guide her own behavior?

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 the novel's setting in Sunbeam, Washington. Use evidence from the text to support your ideas.

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 examine the role that cultural pride plays in Lily's life. Use evidence from the text to support your claims.

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