Study

Single Shard Chapters 5-6

  •   0%
  •  0     0     0

      Back   Restart
  • Why did Min want his stall set up so that he would stand with his back to the sea?
    To highlight the blue-green of the celadon against the sea and the sky.
  • Even though the extra work was arduous and not really necessary, why did Tree-ear continue to do it?
    He did not need the rice, but he didn’t know how secure his position was. He didn’t want to grow complacent.
  • What comments did Emissary Kim make about Min’s work?
    He recognized the quality of his work; he could tell it had the same maker as the wine pot he had used at dinner.
  • What did Min’s wife give Tree-ear? Who did it belong to originally?
    A set of clothes belonging to her dead son
  • What was Kang’s new decorative technique?
    Kang used an inlay technique. He carved a design with an awl, then painted the slip in the grooves.
  • What had Tree-ear secretly done to one of Min’s pots?
    Replaced a decorative petal with one he had made.
  • Why do you think Tree-ear was growing so noticeably?
    He was eating well.
  • What idea did Tree-ear have to improve Min’s display?
    He put blossom branches in the pots
  • What extra work did Tree-ear do now that summer was over?
    Collected the fallen rice grains left over from the harvest.
  • How was Potter Kang acting strangely?
    He covered his work and fired it in the back of the kiln when no one else was around.
  • Where did Tree-ear and Crane-man sleep in winter?
    An abandoned vegetable pit.
  • Why did Tree-ear give Crane-man the jacket?
    It was too big for him, and Crane-man felt the cold.
  • What design had Kang decorated his pots with?
    Chrysanthemums.
  • What did Tree-ear dream of making?
    A prunus vase
  • What was the exciting news Tree-ear heard at the wine shop?
    An emissary was coming to commission pottery for the king.
    • Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.