The Single Shard

Where does A Single Shard take place?

• China
• Korea
• United States
• Russia

Where does Tree-ear and Crane-man live?

• Temple
• Under a bridge
• Orphanage

How did Tree-ear's parents die?

• Fever
• Polio
• Chicken Pox
• Small Pox

Who is the potter Tree-ear likes to watch?

• Min
• Pun
• Tuh
• Moun

Who did Tree-ear get the rice from?

• Farmer
• Rancher
• Potter

What was Tree-ears plan to help out Crane-man get food?

• steal the food from Min and his wife
• only eat half of the portion given to him and take the rest home
• go dumpster diving after he was done with his work
• skip his meal and not eat any of it to bring home to Crane-man

What was happening to his bowl he had hidden every evening before going home?

• it was empty, being eaten by wild animals
• it was missing, someone was stealing it
• it was full, somehow full enough for supper for both he and Crane-man
• it was half full like he planned

What was the new skill that Tree-ear was learning?

• draining of the clay
• digging of the clay
• spinning the clay wheel
• lugging the wood for the kiln

How is Tree-ear's skill of keeping his ears open to village talk different now than it was in the past?

• before he listened for gossip and kept him to himself, now he tells everyone everything
• before he only listened for things that dealt with Crane-man, now he listens for everything
• it hasn't changed, he still listens for talk of food
• before he listened for events that would lead to food, now he listened

How did Min's perfection hurt him in the long run with his pottery?

• he lost a lot of customers due to them having to wait too long 
• he never got anything finished
• he got too many people wanting his pottery, so he ran out
• the other potters disliked him so they turned his customers away