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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tree-ear act towards Crane-man when he comes back to the bridge after his pack is done?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Respectful.

2. Why did Tree-ear's attitude toward work change?
(a) He was not making any money.
(b) He lost his dream of being a potter.
(c) He was tired of chopping wood.
(d) He was spendning too much time away from Crane-man.

3. What was Tree-ear's first thought about what Min said to him in question # 120?
(a) Tree-ear was old enough to chop wood.
(b) It was not his fault.
(c) Min would change his mind.
(d) Tree-ear did not consider himself clumsy.

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

5. What did Tree-ear decide about not being allowed to use the potter's wheel?
(a) He would move to another village.
(b) He would become a blacksmith.
(c) There is more than one way to make pottery.
(d) He would change Min's mind.

6. What does Crane-man tell Tree-ear the first potters did?
(a) Learned their trade by trial and error.
(b) Considered pottery making a respected trade.
(c) Made objects for use, not beauty.
(d) Considered pottery an art, not a trade.

7. What did Tree-ear do on the rock after the bandits left?
(a) Fell asleep.
(b) Pounded his fist on the ground.
(c) Screamed.
(d) Threw up.

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

9. What did Tree-ear do just before he started descending off the Rock?
(a) Scanned the countryside for the men.
(b) Cut a walking stick.
(c) Picked up some rocks for weapons.
(d) Threw the jiggeh over the edge.

10. What did Tree-ear find to take to the palace?
(a) All of the pieces of the second vase.
(b) Four pieces, two from the first vase and two from the second.
(c) A large piece of the second vase.
(d) A very small piece of the first vase.

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

12. After Tree-ear fell on the path going down from the Rock, what thought gave him hope?
(a) There might be half a vase left.
(b) He is young and can find a job in the city.
(c) The second vase might not have broken.
(d) The emissary is a kind man.

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

14. Who was the first person Tree-ear talked to when he arrived back at the village?
(a) Kang.
(b) Crane-man.
(c) Min's wife.
(d) Min.

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 early morning to dusk.
(c) From sun-up to sun-down.
(d) From morning to dinner time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song did Tree-ear begin to sing while he was walking?

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

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

4. Where does the emissary wish Min to bring any inlay vessels he makes?

5. What did Min say about the gift Tree-ear had given Crane-man before he left?

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