Single Shard Chapters 1-4

How did Tree-ear get his name?

• He was found under a large tree.

• His ears fanned out like a tree branch

• He is named after the mushroom that grows on the tree

• He loved to climb trees so he could listen in on the master potters.

How did Crane-man get his name?

• He had a deformed leg when he was born, causing him to use just one leg like a crane.

• He was tall, lean, and majestic like the crane

• He took care of all the local cranes and helped to keep them fed.

• He was a great artists and painted beautiful murals of cranes.

Where did Tree-ear and Crane-man live?

• Behind a master potter's shed

• Under a bridge

• In a shack by the clay pits

• By the river in a hut

What was the village of Ch'ulp'o known for?

• It's unique celadon pottery

• It's silkworm tapestries

• It's beautiful cranes

• It's large rice patty fields

Tree-ear snuck into Master potter Min's pottery shed and found a rectangular lidded box. What was inside?

• a small dragon

• duck figurines

• five perfect smaller boxes

• it was empty

When Min realized Tree-ear had broken his clay box, what did they agree upon for repayment?

• To beat Tree-ear 10 lashes with a stick

• Tree-ear would work without pay for nine days to repay his debt.

• Tree-ear would pay him nine coins for the lost comission

• Tree-ear would be taken to the orphanage.

Tree-ear injured ______________ while hauling wood for the community kiln.

• his ankle

• his head

• his leg

• his hand

When Tree-ear had completed his nine days of labor, what did he ask Min for?

• payment

• to continue to work for him

• food and clothing

• a pot of his own.

On Tree-ear's first day as an apprentice Min sent him to get...

• more wood for the kiln

• celadon glaze for his pots

• clay from the river

• Craneman for lunch.

When Tree-ear returned to the bridge at the end of the day Craneman had lost his crutch. How did that happen?

• He needed it for the fire

• He broke it out of frustration while trying to catch Flounder

• Someone came into their home and stole it while he was sleeping.

• It broke while he was gathering food for the evening meal.