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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 did Min's wife give Tree-ear?
(a) A hat and some gloves.
(b) A pair of pants and a jacket.
(c) A warm scarf.
(d) Leather boots.

2. What does Tree-ear realize in the middle of the first day that he is working?
(a) Crane-man needs his bandage changed.
(b) He is supposed to be fed a mid-day meal.
(c) He is no longer as tired and sore.
(d) He is doing a man's job.

3. Why does Tree-ear decide to do what he did in question 48?
(a) He is thinking of becoming a monk.
(b) He loves Crane-man like a father.
(c) He can save half of his food at lunch for Crane-man.
(d) Since Crane-man has no crutch to beg, Tree-ear will.

4. Why was firing a piece of pottery so difficult?
(a) The rain cooled it down sometimes.
(b) The kiln could not be completely sealed.
(c) The air pockets in the clay would burst.
(d) The wood never burned the same way twice.

5. What story does Crane-man tell Tree-ear?
(a) The prince and the peasant.
(b) The princess and the peasant.
(c) The sea dragons.
(d) The story of how Tree-ear comes to live with Crane-man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree-ear mix with the clay?

2. Why did Tree-ear visit the kiln every night in Chapter 6?

3. What kind of branch did Tree-ear bring Min for a vase on display?

4. Where did Tree-ear used to live?

5. What does Tree-ear discover after a few days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What exciting news reaches the village in Chapter 6?

2. What does Tree-ear ask Min when his nine days are done and what is Min's response?

3. What was Tree-ear doing when he saw a rice container had a leak?

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

5. What will Tree-ear and Crane-man have to do for the winter?

6. Whom does Tree-ear see on his way to work one day and what does the incident suggest to Tree-ear?

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

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

9. What is the story of how Tree-ear came to live with Crane-man?

10. What does Tree-ear do for the next eight days for Min?

(see the answer keys)

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