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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. How is the wood laid in the kiln?
(a) In a complicated, criss-cross pattern.
(b) In a square.
(c) It is placed in a straight line in the bottom of the kiln.
(d) In a type of teepee formation.

2. What did Tree-ear find at the end of each day on his journey for his first six days?
(a) A temple.
(b) He was getting less tired.
(c) He had plenty to eat.
(d) A village.

3. Why didn't Tree-ear like the smile a man gave him at the Rock?
(a) It was unpleasant.
(b) The man was looking at Tree-ear's jiggeh when he smiled.
(c) The smile did not reach his eyes.
(d) The man did not smile.

4. What did Tree-ear do on the rock after the bandits left?
(a) Pounded his fist on the ground.
(b) Screamed.
(c) Threw up.
(d) Fell asleep.

5. Why did Tree-ear's attitude toward work change?
(a) He lost his dream of being a potter.
(b) He was spendning too much time away from Crane-man.
(c) He was not making any money.
(d) He was tired of chopping wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Tree-ear happy with Min's behavior over the red and white clay?

2. What does Min tell the emissary about bringing an inlay vessel to him later?

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

4. What did Tree-ear need to worry about as he fought with the bandit?

5. What did Tree-ear and Crane-man do at dusk the night before Tree-ear was leaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Tree-ear and the fox?

2. 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?

3. What happens with the pots that Tree-ear has guarded?

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

5. What does Min do over the next few months?

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

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

8. What concerns Min about the emissary's kindness and what does Tree-ear tell Min's wife?

9. How does Tree-ear feel when he arrives in Songdo and what happens at first about his request to the guards?

10. What kindness did the emissary show Min?

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