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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tree-ear ask this of Min?
(a) To see how Min made the boxes.
(b) To satisfy his hunger.
(c) To cheer-up Crane-man.
(d) For payment for breaking the pottery.

2. What is the name of the vase that has dozens of birds inlaid inside medallions surrounded by clouds?
(a) Thousand Cranes Vase.
(b) The Cranes Landing Vase.
(c) The Vase of a Thousand Herons.
(d) The Forging of a Thousand Sands Vase.

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

4. For what is Tree-ear scavenging?
(a) Food.
(b) Bits of thread.
(c) Bits of leather.
(d) Clay.

5. What happens to Tree-ear as a result of the day's work?
(a) He falls into the river and almost drowns.
(b) He gets a bad blister.
(c) He impresses the healer who offers him an apprenticeship.
(d) He falls asleep without eating.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Min do as Tree-ear is holding some nesting boxes?

3. Where did Tree-ear used to live?

4. What happens to the object that Tree-ear is holding?

5. In what century is A Single Shard set?

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