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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. Who does Crane-man say kept him from going to the temple when he lost his home?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) His mother.
(c) A fox.
(d) His father.

2. How was the fire lit in the kiln?
(a) With a flint stone.
(b) With a live coal from the household fire.
(c) With a match stick.
(d) By rubbing two sticks together.

3. 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.

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

5. What animal did Tree-ear see on his first night of sleeping alone in the woods?
(a) A fox.
(b) A snake.
(c) A racoon.
(d) A rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Tree-ear have tied to the bottom of his pack?

3. What did Tree-ear do at Min's house the day the emissary awarded the commission to Kang?

4. How did Min vary the etching work?

5. Where did Tree-ear fall asleep on his first night alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tree-ear feel about what Min said to him?

3. What does Tree-ear realize he can do?

4. What happens on the sixth day of Tree-ear's journey and how does he feel about it?

5. How does Tree-ear feel when he arrives back in Ch'ulp'o and where does Min's wife send him?

6. What kindness did the emissary show Min?

7. What happens with the pots that Tree-ear has guarded?

8. What does Tree-ear give Crane-man before he leaves on his journey?

9. What does the man first do to Tree-ear and how does Tree-ear respond?

10. What does Min do over the next few months?

(see the answer keys)

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