A Single Shard Study Guide

The setting of the story is ___.

• twelfth-century Korea

• Seoul, a large city

• twelfth-century Japan

• Ch'ulp'o, a seaside village

The area where Tree-ear lives is best known for its ___.

• fishing

• busy marketplace

• celadon pottery

• royal palace

Tree-ear is named after ___.

• a forest

• his father

• a spirit

• a mushroom

Tree-ear begins working for Min because ___.

• he wants to learn how to make pottery

• he needs to earn money

• he has no other way to pay for the pottery he ruined

• he wants to become famous

The first task Min gives to Tree-ear is to ___.

• cut clay from the riverbank

• sweep the yard

• cart pottery to the kiln

• gather wood from the mountains

Tree-ear dreams of someday making a ___.

• prunus vase

• nesting box

• pot with chrysanthemums

• better kiln

Match the trait with the character. Some traits may describe more than one character.

Tree-ear

• kind

• diligent

• loyal

• skilled

Match the trait with the character. Some traits may describe more than one character.

Crane-man

• kind

• irritable

• wise

• gentle

Match the trait with the character. Some traits may describe more than one character.

Min

• irritable

• wise

• impatient

• skilled

Match the trait with the character. Some traits may describe more than one character.

Min's wife

• irritable

• kind

• gentle

• skilled