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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About what is Crane-man pleased?
(a) At Tree-ear's honorable behavior.
(b) At the poem Tree-ear just wrote.
(c) At Tree-ear's calligraphy.
(d) That the Emperor has recognized their village for their rice production.

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

4. What does Tree-ear learn quickly?
(a) How to get clay.
(b) How to glaze Min's pots.
(c) How to throw pots.
(d) How to stay on Min's good side.

5. What kind of branch did Tree-ear bring Min for a vase on display?
(a) A branch of cherry blossoms.
(b) A flowering plum branch.
(c) A whip-o-willow branch.
(d) He did not get a branch for any vase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was firing a piece of pottery so difficult?

2. What is Tree-ear holding when Min comes out of the house?

3. What does Min reply to Tree-ear's request?

4. How was the fire lit in the kiln?

5. Where did the emissary and his entourage spend the night at Tree-ear's village?

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