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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Min tell Tree-ear he wanted the red and white pottery drained for the inlays?
(a) For it to be drained like the brown clay.
(b) For him to drain it only two times.
(c) As if for glaze.
(d) For it not to drain.

2. What did Crane-man often do when Tree-ear was coming home so late from work?
(a) Had him take a bath before bed.
(b) Complained about dinner being late.
(c) Told him stories.
(d) Made him go to bed immediately.

3. What did Tree-ear begin to form with a ball of clay on his first night alone in the woods?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A flower.
(c) A fish.
(d) A turtle.

4. How does Tree-ear get to the place Crane-man wants him to see?
(a) Walk up a small hill.
(b) Up a steep path.
(c) Going through a small forest.
(d) Wade across a stream.

5. What did Min say to Tree-ear when he came to check on the progress of the red and white clay?
(a) It was the wrong clay.
(b) It needed another draining.
(c) He took too long.
(d) It was gotten from the correct spot.

6. How many replicates and how many firing batches did Min do?
(a) A dozen replicates in three firings.
(b) Four replicates in two firings.
(c) Six replicates in two firings.
(d) Ten replicates in three firings.

7. What did Tree-ear see as one of the major differences between Min's inlay cuts and Kang's?
(a) Min's design was of animals not plants.
(b) Min's design did not cover the entire vase.
(c) Min's was more general.
(d) Min's was finer and more detailed.

8. How was the fire lit in the kiln?
(a) With a flint stone.
(b) With a match stick.
(c) With a live coal from the household fire.
(d) By rubbing two sticks together.

9. What did Crane-man do when Tree-ear yelled at him about Min's wife?
(a) Cried.
(b) Yelled back.
(c) Walked away.
(d) Laughed.

10. What did Tree-ear do at Min's house the day the emissary awarded the commission to Kang?
(a) Scrubbed the potter's wheel.
(b) Nothing, Min sent him home.
(c) Pulled weeds in the garden.
(d) Chopped wood.

11. What did Tree-ear tell the emissary assistant when he said he would take whatever Tree-ear had to the emissary?
(a) He needed to see the emissary.
(b) He could show it only to the emissary.
(c) It was his honor to meet the emissary.
(d) He didn't say anything.

12. What did Min give Tree-ear for the journey?
(a) A string of coins.
(b) A letter to the emissary.
(c) A bank draft.
(d) A coat.

13. How long did Tree-ear walk each day on the second part of his journey?
(a) From morning to dinner time.
(b) From sun-up to sun-down.
(c) From late morning to late afternoon.
(d) From early morning to dusk.

14. Where did Tree-ear fall asleep on his first night alone?
(a) Beneath a large tree.
(b) On the ground by his fire.
(c) Up in a tree.
(d) Between two boulders.

15. What did Min do differently at the kiln in Chapter 7?
(a) He put more wood in to start.
(b) He stayed at the kiln thoughout the entire firing.
(c) He left as soon as the wood was lit.
(d) He put less wood in to start.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Crane-man tell Tree-ear about doors and wind?

2. What was contained in Tree-ear's food bag?

3. What was Tree-ear's first thought about what Min said to him in question # 120?

4. For what did Min hire Crane-man?

5. How many soldiers stood guard at the palace gate?

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