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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the palace located in the city?
(a) In the center.
(b) On the edge of town.
(c) On the north side.
(d) On the south side.

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

3. Why did Min smash all the vases that had inlays?
(a) The vessels had fused.
(b) The glaze had been ruined with brown splotches.
(c) The inlays had fallen out.
(d) The vessels had cracked.

4. What was Min laughing at the first time Tree-ear ever heard him laugh?
(a) Tree-ear told him one of Crane-man's stories.
(b) Tree-ear told him Kang's inlays were ugly.
(c) Tree-ear tripped over a tree root.
(d) Tree-ear said Kang was clumsy.

5. What did the bandit say to Tree-ear when a second man overcame the boy and Tree-ear still struggled?
(a) To stop, or they would do worse than robbery.
(b) They only wanted food.
(c) They only wanted his coins.
(d) He didn't have anything they wanted.

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

7. Why won't Min teach Tree-ear how to use the wheel?
(a) Tree-ear is too clumsy.
(b) Tree-ear is too young.
(c) Min doesn't have time.
(d) Tree-ear is not his son.

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

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

10. What did Tree-ear give Crane-man before he went on his journey?
(a) A polished stone.
(b) A clay rabbit.
(c) A clay monkey.
(d) Two coins from his string.

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

12. What did Crane-man often do when Tree-ear was coming home so late from work?
(a) Had him take a bath before bed.
(b) Told him stories.
(c) Complained about dinner being late.
(d) Made him go to bed immediately.

13. What did Tree-ear decide about not being allowed to use the potter's wheel?
(a) He would become a blacksmith.
(b) He would change Min's mind.
(c) There is more than one way to make pottery.
(d) He would move to another village.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many replicates and how many firing batches did Min do?

2. What did Min say to Tree-ear when he came to check on the progress of the red and white clay?

3. What did Tree-ear tell the emissary was the number of pieces he will most likely receive from Min a year?

4. What did Tree-ear need to worry about as he fought with the bandit?

5. What was Tree-ear's first thought about what Min said to him in question # 120?

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