Tree-ear/Crane Man
Min
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Miscellaneous Questions
100
This person ______ asks ______ to bring his work demonstrating the inlay technique to the palace in Songdo
Who are Emissary Kim and Min
100

DAILY DOUBLE !!!

What item does Tree-Ear use to carry the vases?

100

Describe Min's personality.

Stern, demanding, focused on his craft

100

Who was first to create inlay pottery?

Kang

100

DAILY DOUBLE!!!


Auntie is the meaning of this name given to a character.

200

What is Tree-ear's living situation at the beginning of the book?

Orphan under the bridge

200

Why was the bandit angry at Tree-ear?

No rice in the jiggeh

200

The novel's climax occurs when:

Tree-ear presents the shard to the emissary

200

DAILY DOUBLE !!!

What kind of pottery is Tree-ear's village famous for creating?

200

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Tree ear is very upset when Min tells him this tradition.

300

The "funny" greeting Crane-Man and Tree-Ear use with each other

Have you hungered well today?

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Who is Min's son?

300

What did Tree-ear see in the market at Puyo that made him want to hurry to the end of his journey?

Inlay style pottery
300

Why does Tree-ear begin working for Min?

Repay for the broken piece

300

Why did Crane Man not move in to the monastery?

Fox encounter

400

Two similarities between Tree-Ear and Crane Man

1. Homeless

2. No Family

3. Morals

4. Outcasts

400
What is the phrase that Tree-ear hears over and over in his head after Min says he will never teach him to make a pot.
What is "orphaned one?"
400

Tree-ear's journey to the royal court is primarily motivated by:

Helping Ajima

400
Tree-ear got robbed here.
What is the Rock of the Falling Flowers?
400

Why does Crane Man refuse help from Min and Min's wife?

Pride/not wanting a handout

500

What does Tree-ear secretly desire most from Min?

learn pottery
500

What was contained in Tree-ear's food bag?

Rice cakes, dried fruit

500

Who is Kang?

Another potter in the village

500
The jiggeh to bring the vases on the special journey is made of this and made by who?
What is straw and who is Crane-man?
500

Why does Min not have anything to show to the Emissary when he visits a second time?

Pottery turned brown in the furnace