A Single Shard: Chap. 7&8

What causes Min to laugh out loudly with Tree-ear?

• He wins the commission.

• He sees Tree-ear's own attempt at pottery.

• Tree-ear calls Kang's work ''ugly''.

• Tree-ear tells a funny joke.

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What 'clicks' for Tree-ear for the first time?

• He is able to feel when the clay will be ready.

• He is able to cut down the wood with no trouble.

• He is able to make a beautiful vase.

• He realizes that his internship has been a waste of his time.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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With Tree-ear being so busy and no time for walks together, Crane-man began to:

• Be angry when Tree-ear finally arrived home.

• Be asleep by the time Tree-ear arrived home.

• Be gone when Tree-ear would arrive home.

• Tell stories to Tree-ear to help him relax and sleep.

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We learn in these chapters that Crane-man could have gone to the Temple for a home when he lost his own house. What stopped him?

• He could not walk there with only one leg.

• A fox was in his way and the bridge started to feel like home.

• A snake was in his path and he was afraid of being bitten.

• He did not want to cut his hair like a monk.

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Why does Min destroy all 5 of the vases he has made for the emissary?

• The kiln gave them brown spots.

• The kiln cracked them.

• Kang saw them and broke them.

• Tree-ear messed up the clay and they were ruined.

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When Min's wife asks Tree-ear to call her 'Ajima' his eyes fill with tears. Why?

• It means that she wants everyone to know that he is beneath her.

• It was the name he called his mother.

• It is a term of great affection and showed that they were 'kin' or family.

• It means that he will not be seeing her again after this trip.

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At the end of these chapters, we find out when Min plans to teach Tree-ear to make his own pottery. When does he plan to?

• Never

• In 6 more months

• As soon as Tree-ear returns from Songdo

• He begins to teach him now, since he is ahead on his work

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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Crane-man gives Tree-ear advice on how to make the long journey to Songdo. What is his advice?

• To go one village at a time, and not to allow his mind to think of the long journey.

• To hire a guide to help him to get there.

• To book passage on a boat.

• To ask the emissary to send a boat for Tree-ear.

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