Vocabulary
Shard Characters
Ginger Characters
Shard Events
Ginger Events
100
What is one way to use ginger root?
tea, medicine, cooking
100
Who wasn't sure about what to do?
Tree-ear
100
Who threw the ginger in the fire?
the young man
100
What was Tree-ear's conflict?
tell the farmer about the falling rice OR don't tell him and take the rice
100
Where did Yenna meet the young man?
in the store
200
What liquid comes from your body when you do hard physical work?
sweat
200
Who told Tree-ear to pick up the rice?
the farmer
200
Who gave the ginger as a present?
Yenna
200
Why did the rice fall out of the jiggeh?
There was a hole.
200
Why did the young man leave Yenna?
to get money to repay his debts
300
If two people are wrestling, what are they doing?
fighting
300
Who got something to help fix the hole in the jiggeh?
Tree-ear
300
Who wanted to move to another place?
the young man
300
What was Tree-ear's good news?
He had some rice to eat.
300
Why did Yenna not want to go away with the young man?
She wanted to stay with her father.
400
What TWO things do you need when you sew?
needle and thread
400
Who gave good advice?
Crane-man
400
Who died after the epidemic?
Yenna's mother / Chang's wife
400
What problem did Tree-ear and Crane-man have almost every day?
They were hungry. They didn't have enough food.
400
Why was the young man angry with Yenna?
She didn't want to leave her father and go away with him.
500
What is one thing that YOU lack?
(Many possible answers - anything you don't have.)
500
Who said the farmer wasn't patient?
the farmer and Tree-ear
500
Who sewed in the tower room?
Yenna and her mother
500
How did Tree-ear and Crane-man learn important things?
Reading the world
500
Why didn't the young man want to stay and work in the store with Yenna?
He believes that a man doesn't live in his wife's house.
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