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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Gold: Chapters 14-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tailor tell the young maiden and her father about his leg in Chapter 3?
(a) The tattoo is a symbol of his love.
(b) The cramp will go away.
(c) The cut will never heal.
(d) The broken bone will not heal properly.

2. What does Saskia's father help do at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Tend the garden.
(b) Take yarn to the market.
(c) Find Saskia's lucky scarf.
(d) Make supper.

3. What does Saskia mistakenly believe the tailor wants from her in Chapter 20?
(a) The gold straw.
(b) Sex.
(c) Her child.
(d) Her necklace.

4. Where does Elke have the tailor live?
(a) In a small cottage on the edge of the village.
(b) In an isolated home in the woods.
(c) At her uncle's home.
(d) At her house.

5. Who is Elke?
(a) A woman who insists on seeing the tailor create some of his fine yarns.
(b) A member of the aristocracy who pities the tailor.
(c) A fellow tailor who is close to the tailor.
(d) The tailor's neighbor who supports him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does this happen to the tailor's leg in Chapter 2?

2. What does the tailor comment on in Chapter 20 that leads to a misunderstanding?

3. Who does the object that Elke brings to the tailor belong to?

4. What happens as the young maiden tries to help the tailor's leg in Chapter 3?

5. Who is the author of "Spinners"?

(see the answer key)

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