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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Min's pieces ready for Tree-ear to take?
(a) In the middle of the fall.
(b) Toward the beginning of fall.
(c) In the middle of the summer.
(d) At the end of spring.

2. What did Min do after the inscribing and the inlay were done?
(a) Remove the inlays for firing.
(b) Put holes where the handles would go.
(c) Squared up the base of the vessel.
(d) Removed all excess slip.

3. How were the openings in the kiln sealed?
(a) Bronze plugs.
(b) With clay plugs.
(c) Mud and straw mixture.
(d) Steel balls.

4. What does Tree-ear think about as he and Min are hanging up clothes?
(a) If Min might adopt him.
(b) Why Min is so nice to him.
(c) How he can repay the kindness.
(d) What happened to Min's son.

5. What did Min give Tree-ear for the journey?
(a) A bank draft.
(b) A string of coins.
(c) A coat.
(d) A letter to the emissary.

6. How did Min tell Tree-ear he wanted the red and white pottery drained for the inlays?
(a) For it not to drain.
(b) As if for glaze.
(c) For it to be drained like the brown clay.
(d) For him to drain it only two times.

7. What did Tree-ear do at Min's house the day the emissary awarded the commission to Kang?
(a) Nothing, Min sent him home.
(b) Pulled weeds in the garden.
(c) Scrubbed the potter's wheel.
(d) Chopped wood.

8. What did Min do differently at the kiln in Chapter 7?
(a) He put less wood in to start.
(b) He put more wood in to start.
(c) He left as soon as the wood was lit.
(d) He stayed at the kiln thoughout the entire firing.

9. What happens to the vessels if the heat in the kiln rises too fast?
(a) They melt.
(b) They turn black.
(c) They crack.
(d) They fuse together.

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

11. What did Tree-ear think about doing for a moment as he stood up after the bandits left?
(a) Disappearing into the city.
(b) Killing the two bandits.
(c) Throwing himself off the cliff.
(d) Not returning to his village.

12. What was Tree-ear's revelation concerning clay in Chapter 7?
(a) He could finally feel when it was ready.
(b) It had a life of its own.
(c) It all felt the same.
(d) White clay is better for wine cups.

13. How did Min's wife help with the inlay project?
(a) Drawing the designs on the vases.
(b) Cutting out the pattern.
(c) Putting the red clay in the scooped out inlays.
(d) Drawing the pottery shapes on wood.

14. What did Min begin to do after selecting a design for the inlay?
(a) Drew the design on a piece of cloth.
(b) Began incising it.
(c) Cut it deeply into the vessels.
(d) Drew it on a piece of tracing paper.

15. What did Tree-ear need to worry about as he fought with the bandit?
(a) The man killing him.
(b) Hurting the man.
(c) Breaking a bone.
(d) Falling off the cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Min's wife ask Crane-man to do while Tree-ear was gone?

2. What does Min tell the emissary about bringing an inlay vessel to him later?

3. What does Crane-man tell Tree-ear about how to think of Tree-ear's journey?

4. What did Tree-ear do on the rock after the bandits left?

5. What did Tree-ear find to take to the palace?

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