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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the tailor leave his new home at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) He learns that the father and son plan to take a trip without him.
(b) He finds that the pub life is not for him.
(c) He realizes that he does not believe in God.
(d) He finds that the vagrants have stolen from him.

3. What does Saskia's father take away from her in Chapter 12?
(a) Her mother's wheel.
(b) Money.
(c) Her favorite necklace.
(d) A book.

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

5. What does Saskia's father discover that shocks him in Chapter 10?
(a) His cellar is nearly empty of gin.
(b) He finds a gray hair on his head.
(c) A stash of gold coins in his attic.
(d) His daughter becomes interested in boys.

6. Who catches the tailor in Chapter 1?
(a) The maiden's brother.
(b) The baker.
(c) The tailor's father.
(d) The farmer.

7. What does the tailor give to the young maiden in Chapter 4?
(a) A dress.
(b) A flower.
(c) A ring.
(d) A poem.

8. What does the tailor set out to prove to the young maiden's father in Chapter 1?
(a) That he is the strongest man in the village.
(b) That he loves the young maiden.
(c) That he is wealthy.
(d) That he can provide for the young maiden.

9. Who does the tailor ask many questions to in Chapter 13?
(a) Dagmar.
(b) Saskia.
(c) Elke.
(d) The king.

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 the young maiden will run away.
(d) That he will lose his business.

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

12. What does the tailor try to do with yarn in Chapter 2?
(a) Make a nice new suit for himself.
(b) Spin it to look like gold.
(c) Make the maiden a temporary ring.
(d) Make a baby's dress.

13. Why do the tailor and Elke meet where they do in Chapter 11?
(a) It is cold outside.
(b) They want to be seen by others.
(c) He does not want to have her inside his sparse little home.
(d) They want privacy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the tailor tries to return the item to the old woman in Chapter 3?

2. Why does this happen to the tailor's leg in Chapter 2?

3. What does Elke give to Saskia's father in Chapter 12?

4. What does Saskia use of her mother's in Chapter 9?

5. What does Elke ask Saskia's father do to in Chapter 12?

(see the answer keys)

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