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Questions 1-5 of 25:

What hope did Tree-ear have day after day while working for Min? (from Chapters 5-6)

Crane-man and he would live in Min's house.

Min would adopt him as a son.

He would learn to use the wheel.

He would earn some money.

Why did potters try to find gray-brown clay? (from Chapters 5-6)

It was considered holy.

It was the strongest clay.

It fused well with the celadon glaze.

It was waterproof.

What happened to the fields after the rice harvest? (from Chapters 5-6)

The poor were allowed to collect the droppings.

They were left alone.

They were flooded.

They were plowed under.

What did Min make more than other potters? (from Chapters 5-6)

Nothing.

More replicates of a piece of pottery.

Purple glazed vases.

Wine cups.

With what did they stuff the two vases that were packed in the basket? (from Chapters 9-10)

Mud.

Silk.

Old cloth.

Rice straw.

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