1. What actually caused the brown spots to appear on fired pots?
2. Throughout the book, Crane-man teaches Tree-ear valuable lessons about life with his riddles, stories and wise-sayings. Choose one of these riddles, stories or wise-sayings that you find important to the story. Explain what the lesson story, riddle or saying that you are using from Crane-man.
3. The characters in A single Shard show a variety of characteristics Which character do you admire the most? Give reasons to support why you admire the character you chose.