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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tree-ear decide when he saw Kang with his wheel barrel?
(a) Kang had gone crazy.
(b) To be there when the kiln opened in a few days.
(c) Kang was pretending to do something important.
(d) Kang was stealing from the village.

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

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

4. In what century is A Single Shard set?
(a) 10th.
(b) 14th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 15th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree-ear decide to do?

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

3. What was Tree-ear supposed to do with the wood?

4. What sloshed out of two bowls that Kang was carrying while Tree-ear was watching him?

5. What did Min tell Tree-ear to do about setting up the planks for his display?

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