The pottery collection day

Source A: an original contemporary non-fiction-style account.

Three weeks after our pottery course ended, the tutor emailed to say our bowls were ready. I collected mine from the studio on a Monday evening. Before handing it over, she showed me a small crack near the base and explained that it should be used for dry objects rather than liquids. The blue glaze was darker than I had expected, especially where it had gathered around the uneven rim.

I wrapped the bowl in newspaper and carried it home in a cardboard box. My original plan had been to use it for breakfast cereal. Instead, I placed it beside the front door for keys. It leaned slightly to one side, but the keys did not seem to mind. A photograph from the first lesson reminded me how wide and shallow it had looked before firing. The tutor had warned us that the finished objects would change. I had understood this as a technical fact; now I could hold the difference in my hands.

Refer to the whole of Source A. Choose the four true statements below. Write their four letters in the answer box. Choose no more than four; if more are given, only the first four distinct letters will be marked.