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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 make more than other potters?
(a) Wine cups.
(b) Purple glazed vases.
(c) More replicates of a piece of pottery.
(d) Nothing.

2. What did Crane-man do sometimes at the rice fields?
(a) Talked to the women of the village.
(b) Begged for rice.
(c) Slept.
(d) Weaved mats and sandals out of rice straw.

3. With what did they stuff the two vases that were packed in the basket?
(a) Rice straw.
(b) Old cloth.
(c) Mud.
(d) Silk.

4. What does Crane-man tell Tree-ear the first potters did?
(a) Made objects for use, not beauty.
(b) Learned their trade by trial and error.
(c) Considered pottery an art, not a trade.
(d) Considered pottery making a respected trade.

5. What is one thing Tree-ear inspects at Min's?
(a) A porcelein bear.
(b) A melon-shaped bowl.
(c) A procelein seal.
(d) A stoneware, heart-shaped bowl.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the fire lit in the kiln?

2. What did Min do differently at the kiln in Chapter 7?

3. What did Tree-ear decide about not being allowed to use the potter's wheel?

4. What does Tree-ear ask of Min?

5. What does Tree-ear think about as he and Min are hanging up clothes?

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