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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the girls lived with Halmoni before, where did their mother sleep?
(a) In Halmoni's bedroom.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the living room.

2. What nice thing does Sam do for Lily in the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) Lets her try on some of her clothes.
(b) Teaches her a new way to do her hair.
(c) Admits that she needs to be kinder to Lily.
(d) Finally agrees to listen to the tiger story.

3. What does the librarian seem to blame for young people not using the library very much?
(a) His own grouchiness.
(b) The internet.
(c) The library's location.
(d) The library's poor collection.

4. What does Lily say on page 125 to keep Sam from calling their mother about Ricky's visit?
(a) That their mother "doesn't like tattletales."
(b) That sisters "keep each other's secrets."
(c) That Sam's job is "to protect your Eggi."
(d) That she promises "no more surprises after this."

5. In the opening of the story, what are Sam and their mother fighting about?
(a) The new school the girls will go to.
(b) Sam's phone.
(c) Sam's friends.
(d) Moving to Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lily hears a "thud" and thinks they have hit something with their car, what is she really hearing?

2. When Lily tells Sam Halmoni's story about stealing stories, what does Sam think is true about her grandmother?

3. What side-effect of Halmoni's illness explains something that has been puzzling Lily about the basement?

4. In the story that the tiger tells in Chapter 22, who is the girl trying to save when she makes her bargain with the sky god?

5. Where does Jensen recognize Sam from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Jensen mostly responsible for Lily getting to know Ricky in the library?

2. What does Lily find inside a pot in the box from the basement, and what does she think is inside?

3. What happens when the box slips from Ricky's hands, and why is it so upsetting to Lily?

4. What happens between Ricky and his father in the grocery store, and what does Halmoni tell them?

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 and why did Lily and Sam live with Halmoni, before?

8. Who does Lily meet in the library beside Jensen and Joe, and how does she meet him?

9. What does QAG stand for in this story, and why is it a mean thing for Sam to call Lily?

10. What unusual thing does Ricky seem to wear a lot of, and why does he do it?

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