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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Saskia refuse to do in Chapter 21?
(a) Babysit the king's children.
(b) Marry the king.
(c) Make the king a robe.
(d) Be the king's official seamstress.

2. Who is not impressed when he inspects Saskia's yarns in Chapter 15?
(a) The king.
(b) The miller.
(c) Dagmar's brother.
(d) The tailor.

3. What does Saskia beg for in Chapter 29?
(a) For her father to be buried a hero.
(b) For Dagmar to stay at the castle.
(c) For the doctor to make her miscarriage.
(d) To save her firstborn.

4. What does the entire village want Saskia to do for them in Chapter 22?
(a) Introduce them to the king.
(b) Sing in the semi-annual play.
(c) Spin straw into gold.
(d) Tell them about the king.

5. How does the king prove that he will never ask Saskia to spin straw into gold again?
(a) He burns her wheel.
(b) He cuts off his tongue.
(c) He locks the wheel away.
(d) He gives the wheel away.

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

7. What does the tailor do when he becomes enraged in Chapter 33?
(a) He stomps on the floor.
(b) He picks up a weapon.
(c) He spits.
(d) He throws a chair.

8. Why does Saskia do whatever she can to make the king love her in Chapter 23?
(a) To make the other maidens jealous.
(b) Because she loves him.
(c) To protect herself against his wrath should he ever learn of her secret.
(d) She wants his riches.

9. Who can Saskia not stop thinking about in Chapter 31?
(a) The miller.
(b) The tailor.
(c) Her firstborn.
(d) The king.

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

11. What does the tailor do to his body as he waits for his grandchild to arrive?
(a) He gets a haircut.
(b) He gets it into top shape.
(c) He bites his nails.
(d) He massages his leg.

12. What story does the miller tell that he heard from Saskia's mother in Chapter 15?
(a) Saskia's mother is supposedly a nobleman's daughter.
(b) Saskia's mother once knew someone who made straw appear to be gold.
(c) She knew a man who used straw to make a gold wedding dress.
(d) A young maiden like Saskia once seduced a king simply by showing him a strand of gold thread.

13. What has her father arranged for her in Chapter 14?
(a) To seduce the king.
(b) To meet the king.
(c) To bake for the king.
(d) To steal from the king.

14. Why does Saskia wash herself with vinegar every morning in Chapter 23?
(a) To prevent pregnancy.
(b) To prevent disease.
(c) To repel the king.
(d) To bleach her skin.

15. How many chances does the tailor give Saskia in Chapter 29?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Saskia mistakenly believe the tailor wants from her in Chapter 20?

2. What does the tailor plan to do after completing his preparations in Chapter 32?

3. Where does the king take Saskia when they meet on the road in Chapter 22?

4. Why does the tailor taunt Saskia in Chapter 33?

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

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