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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tree-ear prepares the clay for __________.
(a) Brick molds.
(b) The wheel.
(c) The kiln.
(d) The other potters since Min sells the clay in the village.

2. Why does Min send him there?
(a) To bring water from the rivers.
(b) To get powders from the apothecary.
(c) To chop wood.
(d) To get some quartz to grind.

3. What was the farmer carrying?
(a) A rice bag that has a leak.
(b) A hoe.
(c) A bag of turnips.
(d) A letter.

4. About what does Min complain?
(a) His nephew does not want to apprentice with him.
(b) His arthritis is bothering him.
(c) Tree-ear has ruined several days work.
(d) His wife wants a new stove.

5. What does the farmer do for Tree-ear?
(a) Allows him the spilled rice.
(b) Gives him permission to dig clay in his fallow field.
(c) Hires him to weed his family garden.
(d) Hires him to catch his chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Min give Tree-ear for the journey?

2. What did Crane-man do sometimes at the rice fields?

3. What does Tree-ear do when he does not find Min?

4. Why did Tree-ear visit the kiln every night in Chapter 6?

5. What is one thing Tree-ear inspects at Min's?

(see the answer key)

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