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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Min send Tree-ear the next morning?
(a) To the woods.
(b) To town.
(c) To the river.
(d) To the quarry.

2. What is Tree-ear holding when Min comes out of the house?
(a) A porcelein crane.
(b) A graven plate.
(c) A nesting box.
(d) A stoneware pitcher.

3. What does Crane-man offer?
(a) To send Tree-ear to Crane-man's brother for an apprenticeship.
(b) To take Tree-ear to find his uncle.
(c) To talk to the healer about the apprenticeship.
(d) To help Tree-ear.

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. Who is Tree-ear?
(a) The village potter.
(b) The daughter of the village baker.
(c) The son of the village commissioner.
(d) A young orphan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the farmer carrying?

2. What does Min do the next morning when Tree-ear arrives?

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

4. Where does Min send Tree-ear the second day?

5. In what century is A Single Shard set?

(see the answer key)

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