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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. Why does Saskia wash herself with vinegar every morning in Chapter 23?
(a) To prevent disease.
(b) To repel the king.
(c) To bleach her skin.
(d) To prevent pregnancy.

2. What does Saskia mistakenly believe the tailor wants from her in Chapter 20?
(a) Her necklace.
(b) Her child.
(c) Sex.
(d) The gold straw.

3. Why does this happen to the tailor's leg in Chapter 2?
(a) He had been building a table for his house.
(b) He wanted to declare his love for the young maiden.
(c) He had been climbing in the woods.
(d) He had been working very hard.

4. How does the young maiden die?
(a) She bumps her head on a table.
(b) She is attacked by a bear.
(c) She falls into a frozen lake.
(d) In childbirth.

5. Who is Elke?
(a) The tailor's neighbor who supports him.
(b) A fellow tailor who is close to the tailor.
(c) A woman who insists on seeing the tailor create some of his fine yarns.
(d) A member of the aristocracy who pities the tailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Elke give the tailor?

2. What does the tailor feel for Saskia's mother in Chapter 13?

3. How does Saskia accidentally cut her father's cheek?

4. Why does the tailor leave his new home at the end of Chapter 7?

5. What does Dagmar's mother want Saskia to do in Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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