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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the young maiden try to do to the tailor's leg at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Massage it.
(b) Cut it off.
(c) Stitch it up.
(d) Hide it.

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

4. Where does Elke visit the tailor in Chapter 11?
(a) Near the stream.
(b) Inside his cabin.
(c) In the village square.
(d) Outside his cabin.

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

6. What does Saskia ask Dagmar's mother to help her do in Chapter 9?
(a) Make a beautiful dress.
(b) Find a husband.
(c) Pray for her mother.
(d) Teach her how to spin thread into yarn.

7. 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 she is not feeling well.
(d) That her father wants her to marry someone else.

8. Why does the tailor want to trade his spinning wheel for the other item in Chapter 11?
(a) He desires to touch the wheel in the same places his dead love did.
(b) His leg is in pain.
(c) His home is not comfortable or welcoming.
(d) He is hungry.

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

10. 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 realizes that he does not believe in God.
(c) He finds that the vagrants have stolen from him.
(d) He finds that the pub life is not for him.

11. Where does the young maiden live in Chapter 4?
(a) At the mill.
(b) On a boat.
(c) In a small cottage.
(d) In a mansion.

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

13. What does Elke tell the tailor about the person who made the object in Chapter 11?
(a) He is the ruler of the land.
(b) He is a prize-winning poet.
(c) She is the miller's daughter.
(d) He is the tailor's enemy.

14. Why does this happen to the tailor's leg in Chapter 2?
(a) He had been climbing in the woods.
(b) He had been working very hard.
(c) He wanted to declare his love for the young maiden.
(d) He had been building a table for his house.

15. How does Saskia accidentally cut her father's cheek?
(a) By shaving his beard.
(b) By trying to make his haircut even.
(c) By shoving the cat in his face.
(d) By handing him scissors absentmindedly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elke have the tailor live?

2. What does Saskia not want to do in Chapter 12?

3. Who is Elke?

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

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

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