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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the village potters begin to do at the kiln?
(a) Pace restlessly.
(b) Use a different kind of wood.
(c) Load it with more pottery.
(d) Fight over taking turns.

3. What does Tree-ear tell the farmer?
(a) About the new family in town.
(b) Nothing; he is not allowed to talk to the farmer.
(c) About finding a piece of jade.
(d) About the hole in the rice bag.

4. Where did Tree-ear used to live?
(a) Songdo.
(b) Qijang.
(c) Sapang.
(d) Beijing.

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

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

7. Why did monks sendTree-ear to Ch'ulp'o?
(a) To look for his older brother.
(b) To look for his uncle.
(c) To look for his older sister.
(d) To look for his grandfather.

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

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

10. In what century is A Single Shard set?
(a) 10th.
(b) 12th.
(c) 14th.
(d) 15th.

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

12. Why did Min send Tree-ear to the seashore?
(a) To pick up seashells.
(b) To check the weather.
(c) To go fishing.
(d) To gather seaweed.

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

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

15. Where does Tree-ear hide his bowl?
(a) In the shed.
(b) In the garden.
(c) Under the porch.
(d) Under his robe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Min send Tree-ear the second day?

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

3. Who is Crane-man?

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

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

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