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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 long did Tree-ear walk each day on the second part of his journey?
(a) From sun-up to sun-down.
(b) From morning to dinner time.
(c) From early morning to dusk.
(d) From late morning to late afternoon.

2. At what time of the day did Min say they would remove the pieces from the kiln?
(a) At midnight.
(b) At noon.
(c) At dark.
(d) It the morning.

3. What happens to the vessels if the heat in the kiln rises too fast?
(a) They turn black.
(b) They crack.
(c) They fuse together.
(d) They melt.

4. What did Tree-ear think of himself after the bandits left?
(a) He was weak.
(b) He was stupid.
(c) He did the best he could.
(d) He was a failure.

5. What did Tree-ear see in the market at Puyo that made him want to hurry to the end of his journey?
(a) A calendar showing that he had taken longer then he thought.
(b) Some of Min's pottery.
(c) Pottery with inlays.
(d) The royal emissary's entourage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the fire lit in the kiln?

2. What worried Tree-ear about leaving Crane-man?

3. What song did Tree-ear begin to sing while he was walking?

4. What did Tree-ear think would give him the strength to overcome the bandit?

5. For what did Min hire Crane-man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Min's wife tell Tree-ear about a possible living arrangement? What does Min tell Tree-ear to do at the end of the book?

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

4. Why does Min make multiple versions of the same pot?

5. What does Crane-man finally end up doing about Min's wife's request?

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

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

8. 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?

9. How does Tree-ear feel and what does he do after the two men leave him at the Rock?

10. What does Tree-ear realize he can do?

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