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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many soldiers stood guard at the palace gate?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. How did Tree-ear get back to his village?
(a) By sea.
(b) Rode a donkey.
(c) By a carriage.
(d) Walked.

3. What did Tree-ear do to protect himself from the broken pottery?
(a) Wrapped it in his clay.
(b) Wrapped it in rice straw from his jiggeh.
(c) Wrapped it in his tunic.
(d) Wrapped it in the silk that was inside the pottery.

4. How long was Kang's commission to last?
(a) For his life.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

5. What did Tree-ear need to worry about as he fought with the bandit?
(a) Hurting the man.
(b) Breaking a bone.
(c) Falling off the cliff.
(d) The man killing him.

6. In what shape was Min making his pottery in anticipation of the emissary's final visit?
(a) Square.
(b) Melon shape.
(c) Oblong.
(d) Triangular.

7. At what time of the day did Min say they would remove the pieces from the kiln?
(a) It the morning.
(b) At noon.
(c) At dark.
(d) At midnight.

8. What did Min begin to do after selecting a design for the inlay?
(a) Drew the design on a piece of cloth.
(b) Drew it on a piece of tracing paper.
(c) Cut it deeply into the vessels.
(d) Began incising it.

9. With what did Min remove the hot vessels from the kiln?
(a) Wooden tongs.
(b) Cloth pot holders.
(c) Large chopsticks.
(d) Metal tongs.

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

11. Why did Min smash all the vases that had inlays?
(a) The vessels had fused.
(b) The inlays had fallen out.
(c) The glaze had been ruined with brown splotches.
(d) The vessels had cracked.

12. Who was waiting out on the road for Tree-ear the morning after he and Min unloaded the kiln?
(a) Min's wife.
(b) Crane-man.
(c) The royal emissary.
(d) Min.

13. What did Tree-ear and Crane-man do at dusk the night before Tree-ear was leaving?
(a) Sang a traveling song.
(b) Skipped stones on the water.
(c) Went to bed.
(d) Told stories.

14. How did Tree-ear carry the vases?
(a) On a jiggeh.
(b) In a leather backpack.
(c) In a cloth bag.
(d) In a hand cart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what did they stuff the two vases that were packed in the basket?

2. What did Min do differently at the kiln in Chapter 7?

3. What did Crane-man do when Tree-ear yelled at him about Min's wife?

4. What did the bandits do with the two vases?

5. What does Min tell the emissary about bringing an inlay vessel to him later?

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