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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Min's response to Tree-ear's request?
(a) He reluctantly agrees.
(b) He says the apples are quite sour.
(c) He says he does not let anyone watch him work.
(d) He tells Tree-ear to take the crane figure to his guardian.

2. Who is Tree-ear?
(a) The daughter of the village baker.
(b) The son of the village commissioner.
(c) The village potter.
(d) A young orphan.

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

4. What was the farmer carrying?
(a) A hoe.
(b) A rice bag that has a leak.
(c) A letter.
(d) A bag of turnips.

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

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

7. Where did the emissary and his entourage spend the night at Tree-ear's village?
(a) At Min's house.
(b) In a local government official's house.
(c) In the village inn.
(d) On their boat.

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

9. What sloshed out of two bowls that Kang was carrying while Tree-ear was watching him?
(a) Milk.
(b) Water.
(c) Clay slip.
(d) Wine.

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

11. 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.

12. What does the farmer do for Tree-ear?
(a) Hires him to weed his family garden.
(b) Hires him to catch his chickens.
(c) Gives him permission to dig clay in his fallow field.
(d) Allows him the spilled rice.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Min make more than other potters?

2. What is Tree-ear sent to collect that day that is different from the last 9 days?

3. What does Tree-ear mix with the clay?

4. When would the potters find out the emissary's decision?

5. What happens to the object that Tree-ear is holding?

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