A Single Shard

How did Tree-ear get his name?

• He was found under a large tree.

• His ears fanned out like a tree branch

• He is named after the mushroom that grows on the tree

• He loved to climb trees so he could listen in on the master potters.

Where did Tree-ear and Crane-man live?

• Behind a master potter's shed

• Under a bridge

• In a shack by the clay pits

• By the river in a hut

When Min realized Tree-ear had broken his clay box, what did they agree upon for repayment?

• To beat Tree-ear 10 lashes with a stick

• Tree-ear would work without pay for nine days to repay his debt.

• Tree-ear would pay him nine coins for the lost comission

• Tree-ear would be taken to the orphanage.

When Tree-ear had completed his nine days of labor, what did he ask Min for?

• payment

• to continue to work for him

• food and clothing

• a pot of his own.

What personal information does Tree-ear find out about Min and his wife?

• Min and his wife are fighting about the extra food they are giving Tree-ear.

• Min and his wife had a son that died of fever when he was about Tree-ears age.

• Min and his wife are sick with fever and might die.

• Min and his wife are getting a divorce.

On Tree-ear's first day as an apprentice Min sent him to get...

• more wood for the kiln

• celadon glaze for his pots

• clay from the river

• Craneman for lunch.

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

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.

Now that Tree-ear knows that he will not be learning to make pots, what does he plan to do about the trip to Songdo?

• He is going to tell Min he has decided not to go.

• He is still going to go, but for Ajima, not for Min.

• He is still going to go, in the hopes that Min will still teach him.

• He is going to pretend to go, but really he will be leaving to look for a new potter to teach him.

What does Tree-ear find in the market at Puyo?

• The fox!

• The emissary.

• Pottery with inlay like Kang's style.

• A hotel where he can bathe.