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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Saskia not want to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Make friends with the tailor.
(b) Move out.
(c) Give up her mother's wheel.
(d) Go to school.

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

3. What does Saskia discuss with her friend in Chapter 5?
(a) That her uncle is greedy and spiteful.
(b) That her grandfather is very religious and will never allow her to marry.
(c) That her brother is a prude and she dislikes him.
(d) The idea that if her father shaved he could attract a new wife.

4. Why does Saskia not want to do what her father wants her to in Chapter 12?
(a) She has nowhere to go.
(b) She does not want to give up the wheel that her mother has touched.
(c) She finds the tailor to be a little strange.
(d) She dislikes school.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Elke believe of the tailor's feelings for Saskia in Chapter 13?
(a) He tolerates her.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He hates her.
(d) He is indifferent towards her.

13. Who reports to the tailor about the young maiden in Chapter 4?
(a) The sea captain.
(b) A young boy who works at the mill.
(c) A beggar on the street.
(d) A pupil.

14. What does Elke bring to the tailor in Chapter 11?
(a) A skein of yarn.
(b) A new spinning wheel.
(c) A scarf.
(d) Her favorite book.

15. What job does Elke give the tailor?
(a) A menial job.
(b) The King's chief spinner.
(c) She commissions him to make her daughter's wedding dress.
(d) The title of co-president of a small tailoring company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tailor give to the young maiden in Chapter 4?

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

3. Who comes across the tailor in Chapter 7?

4. When Saskia's father awakens in Chapter 6, what does he believe has happened to him?

5. Who is Elke?

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