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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Tree-ear assigned most recently?
(a) The drain pits.
(b) The river banks.
(c) The old forest.
(d) The quarry mines.

2. What does Tree-ear rotate doing?
(a) Cutting wood, cutting clay draining clay.
(b) Cutting clay, draining clay and weeding the garden.
(c) Cutting wood, draining clay and weeding the garden.
(d) Cutting wood, cutting clay and weeding the garden.

3. Tree-ear prepares the clay for __________.
(a) The kiln.
(b) Brick molds.
(c) The wheel.
(d) The other potters since Min sells the clay in the village.

4. What was Tree-ear supposed to do with the wood?
(a) Chop it into smaller pieces.
(b) Cover it so it didn't get wet.
(c) Stack it next to the house.
(d) Take it to the kiln site.

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

6. What did Crane-man tell Tree-ear about the boy informing Min of Kang's work?
(a) For Tree-ear to ask Kang.
(b) It would be stealing.
(c) It would be all right.
(d) He didn't know the answer.

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

8. What is Tree-ear sent to collect that day that is different from the last 9 days?
(a) Clay.
(b) Balsite.
(c) Wood.
(d) Quartz.

9. When would the potters find out the emissary's decision?
(a) In five months.
(b) The next morning.
(c) In the next month.
(d) In six weeks.

10. What does Min insist upon that makes Tree-ear's job even more tedious?
(a) Tree-ear must help Min sometimes.
(b) Processing the clay sometimes 4 or 5 times.
(c) Tree-ear must stand as Tree-ear is working.
(d) Tree-ear must follow Min's helpful advice.

11. What excites Tree-ear?
(a) Getting a hot meal.
(b) Catching a catfish.
(c) Min calling him son.
(d) Catching some crawfish.

12. What is Tree-ear's response to Crane-man's offer?
(a) He does not know his uncle.
(b) He does not want help.
(c) He does not want to be a healer.
(d) He is happy with Crane-man.

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

14. Where did the travelers take Tree-ear in Ch'ulp'o?
(a) To the mayor.
(b) To a local monastery.
(c) To the school.
(d) To the blacksmith.

15. What is the name of the vase that has dozens of birds inlaid inside medallions surrounded by clouds?
(a) The Cranes Landing Vase.
(b) Thousand Cranes Vase.
(c) The Vase of a Thousand Herons.
(d) The Forging of a Thousand Sands Vase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the village potters begin to do at the kiln?

2. What did potters before Kang and Min try to do sometimes with red slip?

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

4. What does Min reply to Tree-ear's request?

5. Where does Min send Tree-ear the next morning?

(see the answer keys)

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