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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 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.

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

3. Where does Tree-ear hide his bowl?
(a) In the shed.
(b) In the garden.
(c) Under the porch.
(d) Under his robe.

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

5. What did Crane-man do sometimes at the rice fields?
(a) Weaved mats and sandals out of rice straw.
(b) Begged for rice.
(c) Talked to the women of the village.
(d) Slept.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was different about Min's display for the judging from the other potters?

2. What happens when Tree-ear is told to leave Crane-man?

3. What does Tree-ear do with the clay after he mixes it?

4. In what century is A Single Shard set?

5. Why did a potter want a vessel off the shelf in the kiln?

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