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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. When was Min's pieces ready for Tree-ear to take?
(a) Toward the beginning of fall.
(b) In the middle of the summer.
(c) At the end of spring.
(d) In the middle of the fall.

2. Where was the palace located in the city?
(a) On the north side.
(b) On the edge of town.
(c) In the center.
(d) On the south side.

3. What did the bandits do with the two vases?
(a) Smashed them on the ground.
(b) Threw them off the cliff.
(c) Took them with them.
(d) Threw them at Tree-ear.

4. Where does the emissary wish Min to bring any inlay vessels he makes?
(a) Changdo.
(b) Songdo.
(c) Pusan.
(d) Anjanri.

5. With what did Min remove the hot vessels from the kiln?
(a) Metal tongs.
(b) Large chopsticks.
(c) Wooden tongs.
(d) Cloth pot holders.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Crane-man tell Tree-ear about doors and wind?

3. What was the emissary doing when Tree-ear was brought before him?

4. How many replicates and how many firing batches did Min do?

5. What animal did Tree-ear see on his first night of sleeping alone in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story behind the place called Rock of the Falling Flowers and what has Tree-ear promised Crane-man about the place?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What kindness did the emissary show Min?

9. What does Tree-ear do when he finally is able to see the emissary?

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

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