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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 happens as the young maiden tries to help the tailor's leg in Chapter 3?
(a) The tattoo becomes infected.
(b) The broken bone shifts and causes more pain.
(c) The cramp gets worse.
(d) The cut becomes infected.

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

3. What does the king threaten to do in Chapter 19?
(a) Kill the miller.
(b) Take Saskia's firstborn baby.
(c) Kill Saskia if she fails him.
(d) Keep Saskia prisoner for the rest of her life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tailor vow to the young woman in Chapter 4?

2. Who does the young maiden's father want her to marry?

3. What does the tailor take from a local spinner in Chapter 2?

4. Who is Saskia?

5. Who is the author of "Spinners"?

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