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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tree-ear do when he does not find Min?
(a) Goes back to Crane-man.
(b) Sits outside the yard and waits.
(c) Sneaks into Min's yard to look at his work.
(d) Goes to see Chang.

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

3. What does Tree-ear decide to do?
(a) Take his bowl to work the next day.
(b) Go to the monastery and beg for food.
(c) Go to the temple and beg for food.
(d) Go catch a fish for Crane-man.

4. What does Tree-ear ask of Min?
(a) For some vegetables from the garden.
(b) For help with Crane-man's leg.
(c) For a recommendation.
(d) For a job.

5. What does Tree-ear discover after a few days?
(a) The bowl is full when he returns to it at the end of the day.
(b) Min's wife is unhappy that Tree-ear is there.
(c) Min is bitter at not having a son.
(d) Min's son is coming home soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tree-ear feel guilty?

2. Where does Min send Tree-ear the next morning?

3. What did the village potters begin to do at the kiln?

4. Why did Tree-ear think Kang might have something special for the kiln?

5. Where does Tree-ear go after working?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tree-ear ask Min when his nine days are done and what is Min's response?

2. Why does Tree-ear go to Min's house?

3. Why does Tree-ear feel guilty at home on his first night of work? What does he decide to do about his shame?

4. What does Min do the first thing when Tree-ear arrives on his second morning?

5. What does Tree-ear do about the problem with his food and what does he find to his surprise in his bowl?

6. What does Tree-ear try to find out and how does his quest end?

7. How does time pass for Tree-ear and his new job and what is the rotation of his jobs?

8. What exciting news reaches the village in Chapter 6?

9. What does Tree-ear do with his bowl the next day of work and what happens to the food?

10. What did Tree-ear do about the rice container? What was the farmer's response?

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