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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 Min make more than other potters?
(a) Purple glazed vases.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Wine cups.
(d) More replicates of a piece of pottery.

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

3. Where does the emissary wish Min to bring any inlay vessels he makes?
(a) Changdo.
(b) Pusan.
(c) Songdo.
(d) Anjanri.

4. Why did Min smash all the vases that had inlays?
(a) The vessels had cracked.
(b) The vessels had fused.
(c) The inlays had fallen out.
(d) The glaze had been ruined with brown splotches.

5. What does Min do the next morning when Tree-ear arrives?
(a) Sends him back to the quarry.
(b) Tells him to ask his wife for breakfast.
(c) Shows him a new crane he is working on.
(d) Yells at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tree-ear's response to Crane-man's offer?

2. Who is Min?

3. What changed with Min about working on the potter's wheel?

4. In what century is A Single Shard set?

5. What did Tree-ear do when the two test vases were packed?

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