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WorksheetsSingle Shard Ch 5-8
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Where did Crane-man & Tree Ear shelter in the winter?
The monastery
A dugout by the river
Built a wall under the bridge
The Master Potter's shed
What did Min's wife give Tree-Ear? Who did it originally belong to?
A jacket and pantaloons, belonged to her son
A jacket and pantaloons, belonged to Min
A jacket and shoes, belonged to her brother
Pants and a celadon pot, belonged to her grandfather
Why did the people of Ch'ulp'o typically not recognize or speak to Tree-Ear?
He smelled bad and he was rude to them.
People did not like Cran-Man, so they didn't like Tree-Ear
Being an orphan was considered bad luck.
They thought he carried a disease and they didn't want to catch it.
The town was excited because a visitor was coming from the capital. Who was the visitor and what were they coming for?
A Royal Emissary, to find a master sculptor
A Royal Emissary, to find a master carpenter
A Royal Emissary, to find a master painter
A Royal Emissary, to find a master potter
Kang used a new technique with the glaze, what was it?
mountains made with gray celadon slip
Chrysanthemums made with red and white slip
mother of pearl inlaid into the pottery
crane's made with white slip
While Tree-ear was busy draining clay something happened. What did he realize with his fingers?
That he would never become a master potter
The clay was sticky
His fingers began to tingle and he was able to determine if the clay was ready for Min to use.
He wanted to go and work for Kang
Min began making a final pot to show to the Royal Emissary, what happened to the five pots when they were fired?
The glaze had burned and turned brown.
They turned out perfectly
Kang snuck in and sabotaged them while in the kiln.
The fire went out and they were not ready for the Royal Emissary
What did Min do to the five pots when he discovered the burned pots?
Gave them away
Kept them and asked for mercy from the Emissary
Smashed them to pieces
Ran away in shame never to be seen again.
Emissary Kim visited Min and requested he send a pot to the capital for his work to be seen. What did Min tell him?
Thank you for the opportunity, but he was too old to make such a journey.
Yes, I will take one to the capitol tomorrow.
No, if you don't want my work as it is I will not bother.
Kang is a better potter than I, take his work instead.
What were the conditions that Min's wife would allow him to take a pot to the capitol for Min?
To go and live in the royal court and to write her letters.
To return quickly and safely to Ch'ulp'o and that he call her Ajima - auntie.
To never ask again, and that he stop working for Min.
To start hanging all the laundry everyday, and to call her Jimmao - grandma
Tree-Ear asked Min if he would one day teach him how to make a pot. What was Min's response
He told him that if Tree-Ear wanted to make a pot, he needed to learn from Kang.
He told him that if Tree-Ear wanted to make a pot, he would have to learn on his own.
He told him that if Tree-ear ever learned to make a pot, it would not be from Min because the potter’s trade goes from father to son
He told him yes, I will teach you to make a pot because you are my son now.
