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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Min send him there?
(a) To get powders from the apothecary.
(b) To bring water from the rivers.
(c) To chop wood.
(d) To get some quartz to grind.

2. Why did Tree-ear think Kang might have something special for the kiln?
(a) The wheel barrel he pushed to the kiln was covered.
(b) He went to the kiln at midnight.
(c) He posted a sign saying the kiln was full but it shouldn't have been.
(d) He went to the kiln the long way through the woods.

3. What happens to the vessels if the heat in the kiln rises too fast?
(a) They fuse together.
(b) They melt.
(c) They crack.
(d) They turn black.

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

5. What does Min do the next morning when Tree-ear arrives?
(a) Tells him to ask his wife for breakfast.
(b) Yells at him.
(c) Shows him a new crane he is working on.
(d) Sends him back to the quarry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tree-ear assigned most recently?

2. What happened to the fields after the rice harvest?

3. What did Min give Tree-ear for the journey?

4. Who was waiting out on the road for Tree-ear the morning after he and Min unloaded the kiln?

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

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