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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Crane-man do during the day?
(a) Wove a basket.
(b) Begged in town.
(c) Slept.
(d) Broke his crutch.

2. Why does Tree-ear feel guilty?
(a) For not being there when the boys were harassing Crane-man.
(b) For being too tired to fish for Crane-man's dinner.
(c) For not saving some of his midday meal for Crane-man.
(d) For wishing to leave Crane-man.

3. Why does Tree-ear ask this of Min?
(a) To satisfy his hunger.
(b) For payment for breaking the pottery.
(c) To see how Min made the boxes.
(d) To cheer-up Crane-man.

4. What did Tree-ear do at Min's house the day the emissary awarded the commission to Kang?
(a) Chopped wood.
(b) Scrubbed the potter's wheel.
(c) Pulled weeds in the garden.
(d) Nothing, Min sent him home.

5. Why was firing a piece of pottery so difficult?
(a) The rain cooled it down sometimes.
(b) The kiln could not be completely sealed.
(c) The wood never burned the same way twice.
(d) The air pockets in the clay would burst.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Tree-ear's revelation concerning clay in Chapter 7?

4. What does Tree-ear tell the farmer?

5. In what century is A Single Shard set?

(see the answer key)

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