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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 is looking out the window as Halmoni is dying, what does she see?

2. When Lily goes up to her bedroom in Chapter 36, what is the thumping noise that she hears?

3. In the tiger's second story, what does the grandmother put in the jars?

4. When Sam and Lily arrive at Halmoni's hospital room, whom does Halmoni say she wants to speak to?

5. When Halmoni comes up to the attic in Chapter 37, what is the only word she says before she collapses?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Halmoni tell Lily about the star jars in Chapter 35, and what does Lily do as a result in Chapter 36?

3. 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?

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

5. In Chapter 26, why does Sam not tell Joan when she catches Lily sneaking downstairs in the middle of the night?

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

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

8. Why does Lily want to throw away the rice cakes before even baking them, and how does Ricky convince her not to?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze how Ricky's hats are used as an element of characterization. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze the changes in Lily's understanding of her family members as people during the course of the novel. What does this have to do with the "Coming of Age"? Defend your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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