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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the tailor ask about when Elke shows him the object in Chapter 11?
(a) The King.
(b) The miller.
(c) Elke.
(d) The spinner.

2. What is the title of Part 1 of the novel?
(a) Young Love.
(b) First Love.
(c) Sisterly Love.
(d) Love Gone Wrong.

3. Where is the tailor sitting at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) In a field.
(b) In a pub.
(c) In a church.
(d) The side of the road.

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

5. What does she plan to do to fulfill her promise to herself in Chapter 12?
(a) Visit the tailor.
(b) Apologize to her father.
(c) Seek revenge on her father.
(d) Buy the wheel back.

6. Where does the tailor go at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) To the forest.
(b) His home village.
(c) To a big city.
(d) To a secluded seaside village.

7. What does the tailor take from a local spinner in Chapter 2?
(a) Her ring.
(b) Her book of secrets.
(c) Her yarn.
(d) Her low wheel.

8. What is Saskia unable to resist doing in Chapter 12?
(a) Spinning a small number of threads on the tailor's wheel.
(b) Skimming through a school book.
(c) Stealing money from her father.
(d) Spying on the tailor.

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

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

11. When does Saskia plan on fulfilling her promise to herself at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) As quickly as possible.
(b) Within the next month sometime.
(c) Before her father dies.
(d) Eventually.

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

13. What does the tailor feel for Saskia's mother in Chapter 13?
(a) He barely remember her.
(b) He still thinks of her once in a while with fondness.
(c) He has grown to hate her.
(d) He loves her the same as he did so many years before.

14. What does the tailor vow to the young woman in Chapter 4?
(a) To win her over in the end.
(b) To avenge her betrayal.
(c) His continuing love.
(d) To marry a better woman.

15. What does the miller encourage Saskia to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Trade wheels with the tailor.
(b) Leave home.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Get along with the tailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the tailor feel about the people he has met after a few weeks in Chapter 7?

2. What is the title of Part 2?

3. What does the tailor try to do with yarn in Chapter 2?

4. What does the young maiden try to do to the tailor's leg at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. Where are the young maiden and the tailor at the beginning of the story?

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