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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. For what did Min hire Crane-man?
(a) To weave the basket for the vases.
(b) To drain the clay.
(c) To weed the garden.
(d) To weave sandals for Tree-ear.

2. How did Min's wife help with the inlay project?
(a) Cutting out the pattern.
(b) Drawing the pottery shapes on wood.
(c) Putting the red clay in the scooped out inlays.
(d) Drawing the designs on the vases.

3. What worried Tree-ear about leaving Crane-man?
(a) He might fall in the river.
(b) He might lose his crutch.
(c) How he would eat.
(d) He would have no one to talk with.

4. How many replicates of the inlay vase did Min make?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Min do after the inscribing and the inlay were done?

2. How long was Kang's commission to last?

3. Who does Crane-man say kept him from going to the temple when he lost his home?

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

5. What happens to the vessels if the heat in the kiln rises too fast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tree-ear give Crane-man before he leaves on his journey?

2. What does Min's wife request of Crane-man? What is his response? What is Tree-ear's response?

3. What does Tree-ear first do at the Rock of Falling Flowers?

4. What happens on the sixth day of Tree-ear's journey and how does he feel about it?

5. What happens when the emissary returns to the village?

6. What kindness did the emissary show Min?

7. What does Min say to Tree-ear's suggestion and what is Tree-ear's response to her?

8. When is Min done with his vases and how is Crane-man involved?

9. How does Crane-man feel when Tree-ear tells him of his proposal? What does Crane-man do for the trip? How does Min upset Tree-ear?

10. What does the man first do to Tree-ear and how does Tree-ear respond?

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