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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did potters try to find gray-brown clay?
(a) It fused well with the celadon glaze.
(b) It was the strongest clay.
(c) It was considered holy.
(d) It was waterproof.

2. What does Tree-ear do when he does not find Min?
(a) Goes to see Chang.
(b) Goes back to Crane-man.
(c) Sneaks into Min's yard to look at his work.
(d) Sits outside the yard and waits.

3. What does Tree-ear realize in the middle of the first day that he is working?
(a) He is supposed to be fed a mid-day meal.
(b) He is doing a man's job.
(c) He is no longer as tired and sore.
(d) Crane-man needs his bandage changed.

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

5. What changed with Min about working on the potter's wheel?
(a) He used less water.
(b) He allowed Tree-ear to help him.
(c) His wife helped him on the wheel.
(d) He no longer sang at the wheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tree-ear assigned most recently?

2. What did Tree-ear see as one of the major differences between Min's inlay cuts and Kang's?

3. Where did Tree-ear and Crane-man live during the winter?

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

5. What does Tree-ear request of Min?

(see the answer key)

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