2. What did the man grab from Tree-ear?
(a) Tree-ear's jiggeh.
(b) Tree-ear's pouch.
(c) Tree-ear's sandals.
(d) Tree-ear's shirt.

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

4. What was contained in Tree-ear's food bag?
(a) Rice cakes and dried fruit.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) Dried squid and rice cakes.
(d) Dried fish and bread.

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) He didn't have anything they wanted.
(c) They only wanted his coins.
(d) They only wanted food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Min teach Tree-ear how to use the wheel?

2. Why was the bandit angry at Tree-ear?

3. Where does the emissary wish Min to bring any inlay vessels he makes?

4. What happens to the vessels if the heat in the kiln rises too fast?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Min make multiple versions of the same pot?

2. How does Tree-ear feel when he arrives in Songdo and what happens at first about his request to the guards?

3. In Chapter 7, what does Tree-ear finally tell Min and what does Min have Tree-ear do? What does Tree-ear realize he has learned when he performs his task?

4. What does Min say to Tree-ear's suggestion and what is Tree-ear's response to her?

5. What does Min's wife tell Tree-ear about a possible living arrangement? What does Min tell Tree-ear to do at the end of the book?

6. What does Min's wife request of Crane-man? What is his response? What is Tree-ear's response?

7. What does Crane-man finally end up doing about Min's wife's request?

8. What does Tree-ear do on his first day back at the village?

9. What happens when the emissary returns to the village?

10. Who joins Tree-ear at the rock and what does Tree-ear realize?

(see the answer keys)

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