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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Crane-man try to do during the day when Tree-ear was working?
(a) Bake bread with acorn flour.
(b) Sleep in the shade.
(c) Catch a flounder.
(d) Catch a rabbit.

2. Where does Tree-ear go after working?
(a) To gather dandelion leaves for a salad.
(b) To see the monk who brought him to Ch'ulp'o.
(c) Back to the bridge.
(d) To play with the other boys.

3. How many replicates and how many firing batches did Min do?
(a) A dozen replicates in three firings.
(b) Ten replicates in three firings.
(c) Six replicates in two firings.
(d) Four replicates in two firings.

4. What happened to the fields after the rice harvest?
(a) They were flooded.
(b) The poor were allowed to collect the droppings.
(c) They were plowed under.
(d) They were left alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Crane-man?

2. Where does the emissary wish Min to bring any inlay vessels he makes?

3. What worried Tree-ear about leaving Crane-man?

4. Why did Min send Tree-ear to the seashore?

5. What did Min's wife ask Crane-man to do while Tree-ear was gone?

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