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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 happens to the tailor's leg in Chapter 2?
(a) It cramps and does not straighten again.
(b) A large rock falls on his leg.
(c) He cuts his leg on a saw.
(d) He has it tattooed.

2. What does Saskia not want to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Give up her mother's wheel.
(b) Move out.
(c) Make friends with the tailor.
(d) Go to school.

3. Why does the miller claim that Saskia can spin straw into gold in Chapter 15?
(a) He is desperate for Saskia to be declared the king's spinner.
(b) He is drunk and confused.
(c) He believes his daughter can do anything.
(d) He decides to get back at Saskia for cutting his hair while he was asleep.

4. 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.

5. What does the king do after seeing Saskia's work in Chapter 19?
(a) He moves her to the largest room.
(b) He exiles her.
(c) He throws her out of the castle.
(d) He locks her in the dungeons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tailor give to the young maiden in Chapter 4?

2. What does the tailor insist Elke do in Chapter 11?

3. What does Saskia ask Dagmar's mother to help her do in Chapter 9?

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

5. What story does the miller tell that he heard from Saskia's mother in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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