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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 do with the clay after he mixes it?
(a) Runs it through a sieve.
(b) Covers it with sawdust.
(c) Stirs it for hours.
(d) Fills round molds.

2. What does Min do as Tree-ear is holding some nesting boxes?
(a) Offers to show Tree-ear how to pick out the best clay.
(b) Makes a vase on the wheel.
(c) Beats Tree-ear about the head with his cane.
(d) SShows Tree-ear how he spun the wheel to make the box.

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

4. Where does Min send Tree-ear the next morning?
(a) To the quarry.
(b) To the river.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To town.

5. What was Tree-ear's secret about one of the bowls put out for display?
(a) It had an unknown flaw.
(b) He had changed the glaze on it.
(c) It was mostly his work.
(d) Tree-ear made one of the petal decorations.

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

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

8. Tree-ear also prepares the clay for __________.
(a) Pot molds.
(b) Glaze.
(c) The kiln.
(d) Min's brother.

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

10. 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) The Cranes Landing Vase.
(d) Thousand Cranes Vase.

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

12. Who is Min?
(a) The best potter in Ch'ulp'o.
(b) The best baker in Ch'ulp'o.
(c) The head of the monastery.
(d) The brother of Tree-ear's best friend.

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

14. What did potters before Kang and Min try to do sometimes with red slip?
(a) Make an entire pot of red clay.
(b) Make inlays.
(c) Paint their work.
(d) Decorate clothing.

15. What does Tree-ear ask of Min?
(a) For a job.
(b) For some vegetables from the garden.
(c) For a recommendation.
(d) For help with Crane-man's leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Crane-man try to do during the day when Tree-ear was working?

2. What story does Crane-man tell Tree-ear?

3. What did Crane-man do sometimes at the rice fields?

4. Where did Tree-ear used to live?

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

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