One question, one monk, but three directions

Question: You are walking down the road trying to find enlightenment when you come to a monk and a three-way fork in the road. The roads point North, East, and West. You can ask the monk one question. He will answer honestly yes, no, or just hum if he cannot answer the question.

What do you ask him to figure out the correct path?

Question: What do you call a sad bird?

Question: What can be broken but never forgotten?

Question: What tastes better than it smells?

Question: People see through me, but none pass through without killing me. I can be anywhere, and can be seen double or single. What am I?

Question: What goes in the water black and comes out red?