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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the tailor react to the news of Saskia's pregnancy?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is scared.
(c) He is jealous.
(d) He is pleased.

2. What does the tailor do as he anticipates seeing his grandchild(ren) in Chapter 32?
(a) He makes a special meal.
(b) He sings a song.
(c) He reads a letter.
(d) He builds a playpen.

3. What does the tailor refuse in Chapter 29?
(a) To be arrested.
(b) To be bribed.
(c) To be attacked.
(d) To be tricked.

4. Why does Saskia discuss certain things with the miller in Chapter 31?
(a) She needs to let off some steam.
(b) She hopes that he will know something about the tailor.
(c) She is curious about her mother.
(d) She knows he is curious about life at court.

5. Who does Saskia give birth to?
(a) A son.
(b) A daughter.
(c) Twin girls.
(d) Twin boys.

6. What does Saskia do on the first night in Chapter 30?
(a) Makes a plan.
(b) Hides in the castle.
(c) Goes through the names of the villagers.
(d) Informs the king of the tailor's plan.

7. What does Saskia have to offer the tailor in Chapter 19?
(a) A sketch of her mother.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

8. What does Saskia give to the tailor in Chapter 18?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) Elke's scarf.
(c) Her mother's ring.
(d) A bracelet.

9. What does the tailor plan to do after completing his preparations in Chapter 32?
(a) Kidnap Saskia.
(b) Leave the village.
(c) Take the child.
(d) Marry Elke.

10. What does the tailor comment on in Chapter 20 that leads to a misunderstanding?
(a) Saskia's drunk father.
(b) The king.
(c) Saskia's mother.
(d) Saskia's healthy body.

11. What does Elke tell the tailor about at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) The miller's alcoholism.
(b) Saskia's imprisonment.
(c) The king's secrets.
(d) Her youth.

12. Who overhears Saskia talking to her father in Chapter 31?
(a) The tailor.
(b) Elke.
(c) Dagmar.
(d) The king.

13. How long into her marriage does it take Saskia to become pregnant?
(a) Three months.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Eight months.
(d) A year.

14. What does Saskia have her guards do in Chapter 31?
(a) Kill the tailor.
(b) Arrest the tailor.
(c) Watch the tailor and figure out his name.
(d) Follow Elke.

15. Why does the tailor react to Saskia in such a manner in Chapter 30?
(a) He is surprised that she is so organized.
(b) He is convinced that she will never figure out his name.
(c) He did not think that Saskia would involve the king.
(d) He is happy that his daughter shares his wit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the miller claim that Saskia can spin straw into gold in Chapter 15?

2. What position does Saskia give Dagmar and Dagmar's husband at the castle?

3. Why does Saskia ask the miller to be watched in Chapter 25?

4. What does the tailor do to his body as he waits for his grandchild to arrive?

5. What will the tailor do if Saskia gives him what he wants in Chapter 20?

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