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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 mix with the clay?
(a) Flour.
(b) Graphite.
(c) Quartz powder.
(d) Water.

2. What does Tree-ear decide to do?
(a) Go to the temple and beg for food.
(b) Take his bowl to work the next day.
(c) Go catch a fish for Crane-man.
(d) Go to the monastery and beg for food.

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

4. What did Crane-man do sometimes at the rice fields?
(a) Weaved mats and sandals out of rice straw.
(b) Begged for rice.
(c) Slept.
(d) Talked to the women of the village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tree-ear learn quickly?

2. What was Tree-ear's secret about one of the bowls put out for display?

3. What was different about Min's display for the judging from the other potters?

4. What is Tree-ear sent to collect that day that is different from the last 9 days?

5. What did Crane-man do during the day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How interesting is Tree-ear's third kind of job and why is it more difficult?

2. What does Min's wife give Tree-ear and what does Tree-ear do with the gift?

3. What does Tree-ear do about the problem with his food and what does he find to his surprise in his bowl?

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

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 do the day before the big event and what does Min order him to do?

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

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

9. What does Tree-ear try to find out and how does his quest end?

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

(see the answer keys)

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