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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tree-ear tell the farmer?
(a) About the new family in town.
(b) About finding a piece of jade.
(c) About the hole in the rice bag.
(d) Nothing; he is not allowed to talk to the farmer.

2. What does Tree-ear discover after a few days?
(a) Min's son is coming home soon.
(b) The bowl is full when he returns to it at the end of the day.
(c) Min's wife is unhappy that Tree-ear is there.
(d) Min is bitter at not having a son.

3. What does Tree-ear do when he does not find Min?
(a) Goes to see Chang.
(b) Sits outside the yard and waits.
(c) Goes back to Crane-man.
(d) Sneaks into Min's yard to look at his work.

4. What does Min reply to Tree-ear's request?
(a) Crane-man needs a healer, not a potter.
(b) Min cannot afford to pay Tree-ear.
(c) He can have the vegetables that have wilted.
(d) Min is happy to give a recommendation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Tree-ear do the same thing for Min?

2. What story does Crane-man tell Tree-ear?

3. What changed with Min about working on the potter's wheel?

4. What did Tree-ear decide when he saw Kang with his wheel barrel?

5. Who is Tree-ear?

(see the answer key)

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