A Single Shard Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Single Shard Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Min send Tree-ear to the seashore?

2. Where do the travelers take Tree-ear?

3. What did Min's wife give Tree-ear?

4. What happens to the object that Tree-ear is holding?

5. What hope did Tree-ear have day after day while working for Min?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Crane-man feel about Tree-ear's behavior?

2. What will Tree-ear and Crane-man have to do for the winter?

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

4. What kind of work is cutting clay and what does Tree-ear remember while he is cutting?

5. How interesting is Tree-ear's third kind of job and why is it more difficult?

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

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

8. What was Tree-ear doing when he saw a rice container had a leak?

9. How does Tree-ear break one of Min's boxes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A Single Shard takes place in the twelfth century in Korea.

1. Discuss the differences you see in the technological level between Tree-ear's time. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

2. Discuss the differences and similarities you see between family and social life in Tree-ear's era and your own. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. Discuss why you would like to live in Tree-ear's time and why you would not like to live then. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

Essay Topic 2

To win a commission from the royal palace is something all potters want and something Min needs in order to allow him to survive working at the slow pace in which he works. However, Kang threatens this for Min, leaving Tree-ear uncertain for both their futures. This foreshadows a moment when Tree-ear will tell Min of this work.

1. What is foreshadowing? Would you consider the example in the above paragraph as foreshadowing? Why or why not? Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

2. Discuss another example of foreshadowing in A Single Shard including why you believe it is such. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from A Single Shard and your own life to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Crane-man and Tree-ear are very poor and homeless.

1. Crane-man is reluctant to take help from Min's wife even though he's hungry. Discuss what might be meant by the cliche "false pride" in this situation.

2. Discuss whether you think every human being has the right to food, clothing and shelter whether they can pay for those or not. Include examples from A Single Shard and your own life to support your discussion.

3. Discuss what you think would happen to Crane-man and Tree-ear if they lived in the United States in the present day. Include in your discussion how you think their problems could be solved.

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