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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Min tell Tree-ear to do about setting up the planks for his display?
(a) Set them so the sea was in the background.
(b) Put the planks so the ocean was to the front.
(c) Set the larger planks on the top.
(d) Scatter seashells around the pottery to distract the emissary.

2. What was different about Min's display for the judging from the other potters?
(a) He did not use live flowers in the vases.
(b) He had many more pieces than the others.
(c) His display put the big pieces on the top shelves.
(d) He had significantly less pieces.

3. What did Tree-ear see in the market at Puyo that made him want to hurry to the end of his journey?
(a) Pottery with inlays.
(b) A calendar showing that he had taken longer then he thought.
(c) Some of Min's pottery.
(d) The royal emissary's entourage.

4. Why did potters try to find gray-brown clay?
(a) It was the strongest clay.
(b) It was considered holy.
(c) It fused well with the celadon glaze.
(d) It was waterproof.

5. What did Crane-man do when Tree-ear yelled at him about Min's wife?
(a) Yelled back.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Cried.
(d) Walked away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Min send Tree-ear the second day?

2. What worried Tree-ear about leaving Crane-man?

3. What opens up when the winter storms stop?

4. Why did Tree-ear's attitude toward work change?

5. What did Crane-man tell Tree-ear would be the greatest danger on his trip?

(see the answer key)

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