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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 the tiger is done telling her second story, what aspect of it bothers Lily?
2. When Sam talks about their father, what does Lily suddenly remember?
3. When Lily is outside the hospital talking to the tiger in Chapter 41, what contradictory feelings does she express?
4. What does Joe give Lily when she gets to the library in Chapter 30?
5. What technique is used on page 260 when Lily says "I am the sun"?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Lily returns to Halmoni's hospital room in Chapter 42, what does Halmoni tell Lily about her own mother and about Lily also seeing her?
2. 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)?
3. What happens when Joan comes upstairs to see what the noise is in Chapter 37?
4. Even if the stories did not make Halmoni's physical illness go away, in what sense have they healed her?
5. In Chapter 39, what does Sam confess to Lily about her response to their father's death?
6. 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?
7. What does Lily tell Ricky his house reminds her of, and why does she feel bad about saying it?
8. In Chapter 40, what evidence is there that the tiger might actually be real?
9. When Lily gets to the hospital in Chapter 41, what two things tell her that Halmoni is dying?
10. In the tiger's second story, who is the girl and what happens to her?
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 examine the role that cultural pride plays in Lily's life. Use evidence from the text to support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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