A Single Shard Chapters 11-13

Who does Tree-ear meet at the top of the Rock of the Falling Flowers, and what is suspicious about him?

• A) A friendly villager who offers him food from his jiggeh pack. Tree ear suspects he has rice in it.

• B) A man who seems to emerge out of nowhere with a jiggeh pack

• C) A merchant who is selling pottery but Tree-ear suspects he is a bandit.

• D) A monk who is meditating

What does Tree-ear suspect about the man he encounters at the Rock of the Falling Flowers?

• A) That he is a lost traveler

• B) That he is a bandit

• C) That he is a pottery trader

• D) That he is a farmer

What happens when Tree-ear and the man wrestle for control over the bag?

• A) Tree-ear manages to take the bag and runs away

• B) The man gives up and lets Tree-ear have the bag

• C) Tree-ear starts falling backward into a river

• D) Tree-ear starts falling backward into the arms of a second robber

What do the robbers do after they take the money from Tree-ear?

• A) They leave peacefully without causing more trouble

• B) They throw one of the pots over the edge of the cliff

• C) They apologize to Tree-ear for the misunderstanding

• D) They help Tree-ear find his way home

Is Tree-ear's vomiting a justifiable reaction according to the text?

• A) No, because he was overreacting to a minor incident

• B) Yes, because he was disgusted by the robbers' hygiene

• C) Yes, because of all the care and time that went into the pottery

• D) No, because he should have been more composed

Why does Tree-ear throw the jiggeh into the abyss and sprint down the mountain path?

• A) Because he was trying to save the jiggeh from the robbers

• B) Because he was happy and wanted to celebrate

• C) Because he was trying to distract the robbers

• D) Because he was angry and frustrated

Why did Tree-ear refuse to show anyone but Emissary Kim the pottery?

• He was not proud of the pottery.

• He wanted to keep it as a surprise for Emissary Kim.

• He was afraid of being laughed at and escorted away.

• He wanted to sell it to someone else.

What connection did Ch'ulp'o have to the palace?

• Ch'ulp'o was the birthplace of the king.

• Ch'ulp'o had made celadon roof tiles for the palace years before Tree-ear's time.

• Ch'ulp'o was the capital city.

• Ch'ulp'o was a rival city to the palace's location.

What did Emissary Kim determine after inspecting the shard?

• That it was a fake piece of pottery.

• That it was made by a different artist from Ch'ulp'o.

• That it was pottery made by the same man he had seen in Ch'ulp'o and showed Min's skills.

• That it was not worth his time.

What did Emissary Kim offer Tree-ear after inspecting the shard?

• A place to stay in the palace.

• A job at the palace.

• A commission for Min and a passage by ship back home.

• A reward for the shard and a passage by ship back home.