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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Tree-ear is told to leave Crane-man?
(a) He tells Crane-man he will come back for him.
(b) He brings Crane-man with him.
(c) He refuses.
(d) He is not told to leave Crane-man.

2. What story does Crane-man tell Tree-ear?
(a) The sea dragons.
(b) The story of how Tree-ear comes to live with Crane-man.
(c) The princess and the peasant.
(d) The prince and the peasant.

3. What does Tree-ear do about the bowl?
(a) He asks Min for one.
(b) He decides to make a new one.
(c) He finds a more secure place to hide it.
(d) He fills it with water, and the ants float away.

4. What is one thing Tree-ear inspects at Min's?
(a) A melon-shaped bowl.
(b) A porcelein bear.
(c) A procelein seal.
(d) A stoneware, heart-shaped bowl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century is A Single Shard set?

2. What does Min insist upon that makes Tree-ear's job even more tedious?

3. What does Tree-ear ask of Min?

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

5. What does Tree-ear realize in the middle of the first day that he is working?

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