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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of pottery did Tree-ear plan to be his first one?
(a) A perfume bottle.
(b) A water carrier.
(c) A cornus twist.
(d) A prunus vase.

2. In which area of Korea is the novel set?
(a) Western coast.
(b) The heart of Korea.
(c) Eastern coast.
(d) Northern mountains.

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

4. What does Min do as Tree-ear is holding some nesting boxes?
(a) Offers to show Tree-ear how to pick out the best clay.
(b) Beats Tree-ear about the head with his cane.
(c) SShows Tree-ear how he spun the wheel to make the box.
(d) Makes a vase on the wheel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree-ear tell the farmer?

2. What did Crane-man do sometimes at the rice fields?

3. Why did potters try to find gray-brown clay?

4. Where did the travelers take Tree-ear in Ch'ulp'o?

5. What does Min do the next morning when Tree-ear arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the potters in town do about the news?

2. Why does Tree-ear feel guilty at home on his first night of work? What does he decide to do about his shame?

3. What does Tree-ear do the day before the big event and what does Min order him to do?

4. What does Tree-ear do to pay for the box and how is he disappointed?

5. What does Tree-ear do with his bowl the next day of work and what happens to the food?

6. What does Min do the first thing when Tree-ear arrives on his second morning?

7. What does the emissary do when he arrives at the village?

8. What does Tree-ear do at Min's house?

9. What is the third job to which Tree-ear is assigned and how does he do it?

10. Why does Tree-ear go to Min's house?

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