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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tailor insist Elke do in Chapter 11?
(a) Contact Saskia.
(b) Find him a new place to live.
(c) Introduce him to the king.
(d) Never visit him again.

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

3. What does Elke ask Saskia's father do to in Chapter 12?
(a) Abandon Saskia.
(b) Exchange his wheel for the tailor's.
(c) Take in the tailor.
(d) Allow Saskia to go to school.

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

5. What does Saskia have to sell in Chapter 6?
(a) Candles and wax.
(b) Herbs and vegetables.
(c) Garments.
(d) Poultry and eggs.

6. Who is Saskia?
(a) The miller's daughter.
(b) The miller's granddaughter.
(c) The miller's sister.
(d) The miller's niece.

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

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

9. How long does the tailor have to prove himself to the young maiden's father?
(a) A year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) By the end of the month.

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

11. What does the young maiden tell the tailor at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) She wants to run away with him.
(b) She cannot wait for his leg to be straight again.
(c) Her father has accepted him as his son-in-law.
(d) She wants him to burn off the tattoo.

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

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

14. Where does the tailor hope to find refuge in Chapter 8?
(a) A church.
(b) On a fishing ship.
(c) His brother's home.
(d) A cave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tailor buy from the farmer in Chapter 1?

2. How regularly does Elke visit the tailor in Chapter 11?

3. How does Saskia react when her father takes something away from her in Chapter 12?

4. What does Saskia's father think of Elke's request in Chapter 12?

5. Who is Dagmar?

(see the answer keys)

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