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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Preparation: Chapters 21-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Elke give the tailor?
(a) The King's chief spinner.
(b) She commissions him to make her daughter's wedding dress.
(c) The title of co-president of a small tailoring company.
(d) A menial job.

2. What does Elke tell the tailor about the person who made the object in Chapter 11?
(a) She is the miller's daughter.
(b) He is the tailor's enemy.
(c) He is a prize-winning poet.
(d) He is the ruler of the land.

3. What is the title of Part 5 of the novel?
(a) "Preparation".
(b) "Lost and Found".
(c) "A Death in the Family".
(d) "A Wedding".

4. What position does Saskia give Dagmar and Dagmar's husband at the castle?
(a) Royal bakers.
(b) Royal groundskeepers.
(c) Royal court jesters.
(d) Royal seamstress and tailor.

5. Why does Saskia have to sell these things in Chapter 6?
(a) To make money to buy a new dress.
(b) As a favor to her neighbor.
(c) So the items do not spoil.
(d) To survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Saskia run away to in Chapter 22?

2. Why does Saskia's father refuse to get out of bed in Chapter 6?

3. What does the tailor do to his body as he waits for his grandchild to arrive?

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

5. What does Saskia's father help do at the end of Chapter 10?

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