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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tree-ear discover after a few days?
(a) Min's wife is unhappy that Tree-ear is there.
(b) Min is bitter at not having a son.
(c) The bowl is full when he returns to it at the end of the day.
(d) Min's son is coming home soon.

2. 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.

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

4. For how long does Tree-ear do the same thing for Min?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 months.

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

6. What happens when Tree-ear is told to leave Crane-man?
(a) He refuses.
(b) He tells Crane-man he will come back for him.
(c) He brings Crane-man with him.
(d) He is not told to leave Crane-man.

7. What does Tree-ear find difficult?
(a) Liking Min.
(b) Taking care of Crane-man.
(c) Pleasing Min.
(d) Cutting clay from the river bank.

8. What does Tree-ear request of Min?
(a) To get an apple off Min's tree.
(b) To be allowed to work for Min.
(c) To be allowed to watch Min work.
(d) To take the crane figurine to Crane-man.

9. What does Tree-ear decide to do?
(a) Take his bowl to work the next day.
(b) Go to the monastery and beg for food.
(c) Go catch a fish for Crane-man.
(d) Go to the temple and beg for food.

10. 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.

11. What opens up when the winter storms stop?
(a) Sea-trade routes.
(b) The frozen river.
(c) The mountain passes.
(d) The forest paths.

12. What type of pottery did Tree-ear plan to be his first one?
(a) A perfume bottle.
(b) A cornus twist.
(c) A water carrier.
(d) A prunus vase.

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

14. Who is Crane-man?
(a) Tree-ear's guardian.
(b) The village school teacher.
(c) Tree-ear's brother.
(d) Tree-ear's best friend.

15. What news did a boat bring to Tree-ear's village?
(a) A royal emissary was coming to the village.
(b) China had invaded the country.
(c) The emperor had died.
(d) There was a new queen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Tree-ear's secret about one of the bowls put out for display?

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

4. Why did Tree-ear think Kang might have something special for the kiln?

5. How did Tree-ear sometimes manage to get winter garments for him and Crane-man?

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