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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Saskia's father think of Elke's request in Chapter 12?
(a) He thinks it is a good trade.
(b) He thinks it would work financially.
(c) He thinks Elke is crazy.
(d) He thinks it is a foolish plan.

2. What is the title of Part 3 of the novel?
(a) "The tailor".
(b) "Spinners".
(c) "Yarn".
(d) "Saskia and the Miller".

3. When does the tailor promise to return the item to the local spinner?
(a) In a week.
(b) In a year.
(c) In a month.
(d) In six months.

4. What does the tailor request of the passersby?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Food and money.
(c) Guidance.
(d) Room and board.

5. Where does Elke have the tailor live?
(a) At her uncle's home.
(b) In a small cottage on the edge of the village.
(c) In an isolated home in the woods.
(d) At her house.

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

7. Why does the young tailor leave the gold dress with the old woman in chapter 3?
(a) To thank her.
(b) To comfort her.
(c) To show he is honest.
(d) He needs somewhere to store the dress.

8. 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) Eventually.
(d) Before her father dies.

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

10. What is the young maiden's father's concern in Chapter 1?
(a) That the crops will spoil.
(b) That the tailor cannot provide the life he wants for his daughter.
(c) That he will lose his business.
(d) That the young maiden will run away.

11. How regularly does Elke visit the tailor in Chapter 11?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Often.
(c) Occasionally.
(d) Every day.

12. What happens when the tailor tries to return the item to the old woman in Chapter 3?
(a) She thanks him with a feast.
(b) She notices that it is broken.
(c) She cries on his shoulders.
(d) She does not want it back.

13. Who does the object that Elke brings to the tailor belong to?
(a) The king.
(b) The miller.
(c) Saskia.
(d) Elke.

14. What does the young maiden warn the tailor about in Chapter 1?
(a) That they will be late for church.
(b) That she might be pregnant.
(c) That her father wants her to marry someone else.
(d) That she is not feeling well.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Dagmar?

4. Who is Saskia?

5. Why do the tailor and Elke meet where they do in Chapter 11?

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