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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Survival: Chapters 5-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What does Saskia use of her mother's in Chapter 9?
(a) Her techniques.
(b) Her low spinning wheel.
(c) Her yarn.
(d) Her dress.

4. What does Saskia discuss with her friend in Chapter 5?
(a) That her grandfather is very religious and will never allow her to marry.
(b) The idea that if her father shaved he could attract a new wife.
(c) That her brother is a prude and she dislikes him.
(d) That her uncle is greedy and spiteful.

5. What does the tailor discover about his sister-in-law in Chapter 8?
(a) She is dying.
(b) She has given birth to four children.
(c) She has remarried.
(d) She has died.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the tailor set out to prove to the young maiden's father in Chapter 1?

3. Why does the young tailor leave the gold dress with the old woman in chapter 3?

4. What does the tailor do to the straw to be able to do what he wants with it in Chapter 2?

5. Where is the tailor told he can find the young maiden on the day she is to give birth?

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