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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 does Saskia have to offer the tailor in Chapter 19?
(a) A ring.
(b) A sketch of her mother.
(c) A necklace.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does the tailor come to believe about Elke in Chapter 11?
(a) She is older than she says she is.
(b) She has feelings for him.
(c) She is romantically linked to the King.
(d) She is hiding something.

3. Where does Saskia run away to in Chapter 22?
(a) Dagmar's family.
(b) Her grandmother's house.
(c) The tailor's home.
(d) Elke's family cottage.

4. What story does the miller tell that he heard from Saskia's mother in Chapter 15?
(a) A young maiden like Saskia once seduced a king simply by showing him a strand of gold thread.
(b) Saskia's mother is supposedly a nobleman's daughter.
(c) Saskia's mother once knew someone who made straw appear to be gold.
(d) She knew a man who used straw to make a gold wedding dress.

5. What is the young maiden's father's concern in Chapter 1?
(a) That he will lose his business.
(b) That the tailor cannot provide the life he wants for his daughter.
(c) That the crops will spoil.
(d) That the young maiden will run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the miller claim that Saskia can spin straw into gold in Chapter 15?

2. Who is not impressed when he inspects Saskia's yarns in Chapter 15?

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

4. When Saskia returns home in Chapter 22, what does her father want her to do?

5. What will the tailor do to satisfy the young maiden's father's doubts?

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