A Single Shard

Why does Tree-ear feel guilty?

• He did not share his food with Crane-man

• He both of his legs work and Crane-mans do not

• Min is old and can not chop wood anymore

• He is slow in his work for Min

How did Crane-man break his crutch?

• Trying to hit Tree-ear

• Dropping it in the river

• Using it as a light saber

• Hitting a rock

Why does Tree-ear want to work for Min

• For the money

• Because he is board

• He felt sorry for Min

• To learn to make a pot

Who did Tree-ear see looking secretive?

• A new potter

• The Potter Min

• Crane-man

• The potter Kang

What did Tree-ear discover that the potter Kang is secretively using?

• Black and red paint

• Red and white slip

• Black and white slip

• Green and red paint

What happens to the jacket the potters wife gives Tree-ear?

• Tree-ear gives it to Crane-man.

• Tree-ear loses it in the woods.

• Tree-ear will not accept it from the potters wife.

• It did not fit Tree-ear

What does Tree-ear discover Kang is doing with the slip?

• Depositing it into the carved out flower design.

• Using the slip to paint his pots.

• Poring it all over the pots and creating swirling flowers.

• Coating the piece with the white slip and then painting it with the red slip.

"A Single Shard" is an example of historical fiction.

• True

• False

Tree-ear never went back to live with the monks at the temple because he became used to live with Crane-man under the bridge.

• True

• False

Tree-Ear cannot pay Master Min for the damaged box.  What agreement do the two come to?

• Tree-Ear will recreate the broken box

• Tree-ear will work for Master Min for 9 days

• Tree-Ear clean Master Min's house

• nothing