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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 kind of child does Halmoni claim that the girls' mother was?
2. In Chapter 10, what does the reader learn Halmoni's name actually is?
3. Why does Halmoni refuse to move the boxes in front to the basement door?
4. What does the tiger ask for at the end of Chapter 22?
5. In Halmoni's story in Chapter 8, who is the original storyteller?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Sam and Lily's mother is trying to get the girls out of the car at Halmoni's, what happens that shows how Lily gets put in the middle of Sam and their mother's fights?
2. When and why did Lily and Sam live with Halmoni, before?
3. In this story, what is kosa, and why is it important?
4. What does QAG stand for in this story, and why is it a mean thing for Sam to call Lily?
5. What kind of a trap do Lily and Ricky build, and where do they build it?
6. What unusual thing does Ricky seem to wear a lot of, and why does he do it?
7. What feeling that Lily already struggled with in the library does Sam experience in the grocery store, and why?
8. In what way is Jensen mostly responsible for Lily getting to know Ricky in the library?
9. When Lily tells Sam about the tiger, at the beginning of Chapter 16, what is Sam's response?
10. When Lily tells Halmoni about seeing the tiger again, what does Halmoni do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you analyze the symbolic significance of the white streak in Sam's hair. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you analyze the book's messages about what it means to be "prepared" to die. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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