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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 does Lily realize when she sees the tiger at the beginning of Chapter 27?
2. In the tiger's second story, what does the grandmother put in the jars?
3. What does Joe compare stories to in Chapter 30?
4. What additional circumstance makes it even harder for Sam to drive herself and Lily to the hospital?
5. When Sam talks about their father, what does Lily suddenly remember?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 39, what does Sam confess to Lily about her response to their father's death?
2. Why does Lily want to throw away the rice cakes before even baking them, and how does Ricky convince her not to?
3. At the end of the book, what ceremony from the beginning of the book is repeated in a new way?
4. When Lily goes upstairs in Chapter 33, in what way is she using Sam's example to guide her own behavior?
5. Why is Joan upset that Lily has done something mean to Ricky, in particular, and what does she say Lily will need to do?
6. In the beginning of Chapter 40, what is Lily's plan to get herself and Sam to the hospital?
7. 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)?
8. In Chapter 41, what realization does Lily come to about the tiger's identity, and what clues help her figure it out?
9. Even if the stories did not make Halmoni's physical illness go away, in what sense have they healed her?
10. In Chapter 38, what does Lily learn about Sam's adventures outside the house at night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 Joan's characterization as a mother to Sam and Lily; what are her strengths and weaknesses, and what evidence in the text backs up your assertions?
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