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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tree-ear do just before he started descending off the Rock?
(a) Threw the jiggeh over the edge.
(b) Picked up some rocks for weapons.
(c) Cut a walking stick.
(d) Scanned the countryside for the men.

2. What did Tree-ear find to take to the palace?
(a) All of the pieces of the second vase.
(b) Four pieces, two from the first vase and two from the second.
(c) A large piece of the second vase.
(d) A very small piece of the first vase.

3. Where did Tree-ear put his flint stones?
(a) Wrapped them in his hood.
(b) Tied them around his waist.
(c) Tied them into a corner of his tunic.
(d) Put them in his back pocket.

4. What did Tree-ear begin to form with a ball of clay on his first night alone in the woods?
(a) A fish.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A turtle.
(d) A flower.

5. How was the fire lit in the kiln?
(a) With a flint stone.
(b) By rubbing two sticks together.
(c) With a live coal from the household fire.
(d) With a match stick.

6. Why did Min tell Tree-ear to go collect some wood?
(a) To repair the roof on the house.
(b) To build himself a wheel.
(c) To fill the kiln.
(d) So his wife could cook dinner.

7. Who was waiting out on the road for Tree-ear the morning after he and Min unloaded the kiln?
(a) The royal emissary.
(b) Min's wife.
(c) Crane-man.
(d) Min.

8. Why was Tree-ear happy with Min's behavior over the red and white clay?
(a) Min complimented him enthusiastically.
(b) It was the first time Tree-ear had the draining correct.
(c) Min told him to do more.
(d) Min took the clay without a single word.

9. What did Tree-ear find at the end of each day on his journey for his first six days?
(a) A village.
(b) He was getting less tired.
(c) He had plenty to eat.
(d) A temple.

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

11. What does Min tell the emissary about bringing an inlay vessel to him later?
(a) He was retiring.
(b) He is too old to make the journey.
(c) He would send his brother.
(d) He would do it.

12. 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.

13. What was Tree-ear's first thought about what Min said to him in question # 120?
(a) Tree-ear did not consider himself clumsy.
(b) It was not his fault.
(c) Min would change his mind.
(d) Tree-ear was old enough to chop wood.

14. How many soldiers stood guard at the palace gate?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tree-ear tell the emissary assistant when he said he would take whatever Tree-ear had to the emissary?

2. What did Tree-ear do to protect himself from the broken pottery?

3. What did Tree-ear do when the two test vases were packed?

4. What did Crane-man tell Tree-ear about doors and wind?

5. What did Tree-ear think about doing for a moment as he stood up after the bandits left?

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