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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 does Tree-ear find difficult?
(a) Cutting clay from the river bank.
(b) Pleasing Min.
(c) Taking care of Crane-man.
(d) Liking Min.

2. Why does Tree-ear decide to do what he did in question 48?
(a) He is thinking of becoming a monk.
(b) He can save half of his food at lunch for Crane-man.
(c) He loves Crane-man like a father.
(d) Since Crane-man has no crutch to beg, Tree-ear will.

3. What did Min begin to do after selecting a design for the inlay?
(a) Cut it deeply into the vessels.
(b) Drew it on a piece of tracing paper.
(c) Drew the design on a piece of cloth.
(d) Began incising it.

4. What did Tree-ear decide when he saw Kang with his wheel barrel?
(a) To be there when the kiln opened in a few days.
(b) Kang was pretending to do something important.
(c) Kang was stealing from the village.
(d) Kang had gone crazy.

5. Why did potters try to find gray-brown clay?
(a) It was the strongest clay.
(b) It fused well with the celadon glaze.
(c) It was considered holy.
(d) It was waterproof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree-ear discover when he returns to his bowl?

2. About what is Crane-man pleased?

3. What did Tree-ear see as one of the major differences between Min's inlay cuts and Kang's?

4. What does Tree-ear do with the clay after he mixes it?

5. Why won't Min teach Tree-ear how to use the wheel?

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