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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) In the middle of the fall.
(b) At the end of spring.
(c) In the middle of the summer.
(d) Toward the beginning of fall.

2. How did Tree-ear get back to his village?
(a) Rode a donkey.
(b) By sea.
(c) Walked.
(d) By a carriage.

3. What did Tree-ear see as one of the major differences between Min's inlay cuts and Kang's?
(a) Min's was finer and more detailed.
(b) Min's design was of animals not plants.
(c) Min's design did not cover the entire vase.
(d) Min's was more general.

4. What did Min say about the gift Tree-ear had given Crane-man before he left?
(a) It was better than some Min has done.
(b) It was fine work.
(c) It was passaable.
(d) It was ugly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Min tell Tree-ear he wanted the red and white pottery drained for the inlays?

2. What was the name of the river Tree-ear could see from the Rock of Falling Flowers?

3. What did Tree-ear have tied to the bottom of his pack?

4. At what time of the day did Min say they would remove the pieces from the kiln?

5. What did Tree-ear do when the two test vases were packed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 does Min tell Tree-ear when he finds him upon returning home?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Tree-ear do on his first day back at the village?

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

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