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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of pottery did Tree-ear plan to be his first one?
(a) A prunus vase.
(b) A perfume bottle.
(c) A cornus twist.
(d) A water carrier.

2. In what century is A Single Shard set?
(a) 14th.
(b) 15th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 12th.

3. What did Min's wife give Tree-ear?
(a) A pair of pants and a jacket.
(b) Leather boots.
(c) A warm scarf.
(d) A hat and some gloves.

4. Why did Min send Tree-ear to the seashore?
(a) To go fishing.
(b) To gather seaweed.
(c) To pick up seashells.
(d) To check the weather.

5. What happens when Tree-ear is told to leave Crane-man?
(a) He refuses.
(b) He tells Crane-man he will come back for him.
(c) He brings Crane-man with him.
(d) He is not told to leave Crane-man.

6. What does Tree-ear learn quickly?
(a) How to get clay.
(b) How to stay on Min's good side.
(c) How to throw pots.
(d) How to glaze Min's pots.

7. Why does Tree-ear decide to do what he did in question 48?
(a) Since Crane-man has no crutch to beg, Tree-ear will.
(b) He is thinking of becoming a monk.
(c) He can save half of his food at lunch for Crane-man.
(d) He loves Crane-man like a father.

8. What sloshed out of two bowls that Kang was carrying while Tree-ear was watching him?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Clay slip.
(d) Milk.

9. What story does Crane-man tell Tree-ear?
(a) The princess and the peasant.
(b) The sea dragons.
(c) The prince and the peasant.
(d) The story of how Tree-ear comes to live with Crane-man.

10. When would the potters find out the emissary's decision?
(a) The next morning.
(b) In six weeks.
(c) In the next month.
(d) In five months.

11. What does Tree-ear discover when he returns to his bowl?
(a) An animal ate his food.
(b) The food was covered in ants.
(c) The food had spoiled in the heat.
(d) The bowl was gone.

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

13. For what is Tree-ear scavenging?
(a) Bits of thread.
(b) Bits of leather.
(c) Food.
(d) Clay.

14. For how long does Tree-ear do the same thing for Min?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

15. What is Tree-ear holding when Min comes out of the house?
(a) A stoneware pitcher.
(b) A graven plate.
(c) A nesting box.
(d) A porcelein crane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Min do as Tree-ear is holding some nesting boxes?

2. What was different about Min's display for the judging from the other potters?

3. What was the problem with the sandals Crane-man gave Tree-ear?

4. Where did the emissary and his entourage spend the night at Tree-ear's village?

5. Why does Tree-ear ask this of Min?

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