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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 technique is being used when the tiger refers to Halmoni as "my Ae-Cha"?

2. Besides Japan, which other country does Halmoni say did bad things to Korea?

3. When Sam and Lily get to Halmoni's room, what is Joan doing?

4. What is the best description of Lily's feelings when Sam tells her mother about the mud in Ricky's pudding cup?

5. What does Lily realize when she sees the tiger at the beginning of Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 40, what evidence is there that the tiger might actually be real?

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

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

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

8. When Lily gets to the hospital in Chapter 41, what two things tell her that Halmoni is dying?

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

10. 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)?

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 that affirms, refutes, or qualifies the following statement: "Lily and Ricky become friends quickly because they have more in common than they understand when they first meet." Defend your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the role that magic plays in the novel. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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