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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Tree-ear as a result of the day's work?
(a) He impresses the healer who offers him an apprenticeship.
(b) He falls into the river and almost drowns.
(c) He gets a bad blister.
(d) He falls asleep without eating.

4. What was the problem with the sandals Crane-man gave Tree-ear?
(a) They fell apart.
(b) They were too large.
(c) They had no left and right foot.
(d) They were too small.

5. What does Crane-man offer?
(a) To talk to the healer about the apprenticeship.
(b) To help Tree-ear.
(c) To take Tree-ear to find his uncle.
(d) To send Tree-ear to Crane-man's brother for an apprenticeship.

6. Why does Tree-ear feel guilty?
(a) For being too tired to fish for Crane-man's dinner.
(b) For not saving some of his midday meal for Crane-man.
(c) For wishing to leave Crane-man.
(d) For not being there when the boys were harassing Crane-man.

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

8. For how long has Tree-ear been with Crane-man?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 10 years.

9. What does Tree-ear mix with the clay?
(a) Flour.
(b) Water.
(c) Graphite.
(d) Quartz powder.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What did Crane-man do sometimes at the rice fields?
(a) Talked to the women of the village.
(b) Slept.
(c) Begged for rice.
(d) Weaved mats and sandals out of rice straw.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Min?

3. What does Tree-ear do when he does not find Min?

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

5. Where do the travelers take Tree-ear?

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