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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 does Tree-ear discover when he returns to his bowl?
(a) An animal ate his food.
(b) The food was covered in ants.
(c) The food had spoiled in the heat.
(d) The bowl was gone.

2. What was the problem with the sandals Crane-man gave Tree-ear?
(a) They were too small.
(b) They were too large.
(c) They had no left and right foot.
(d) They fell apart.

3. What did Tree-ear decide when he saw Kang with his wheel barrel?
(a) Kang was pretending to do something important.
(b) Kang had gone crazy.
(c) To be there when the kiln opened in a few days.
(d) Kang was stealing from the village.

4. In what century is A Single Shard set?
(a) 10th.
(b) 12th.
(c) 15th.
(d) 14th.

5. What does Tree-ear do about the bowl?
(a) He fills it with water, and the ants float away.
(b) He asks Min for one.
(c) He decides to make a new one.
(d) He finds a more secure place to hide it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Min send Tree-ear to the seashore?

2. Why does Tree-ear decide to do what he did in question 48?

3. What type of pottery did Tree-ear plan to be his first one?

4. What is Tree-ear's response to Crane-man's offer?

5. What is the name of the vase that has dozens of birds inlaid inside medallions surrounded by clouds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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