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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who can Saskia not stop thinking about in Chapter 31?
(a) The tailor.
(b) The king.
(c) Her firstborn.
(d) The miller.
2. What does Saskia have to offer the tailor in Chapter 19?
(a) A sketch of her mother.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A ring.
3. What does the tailor do as he anticipates seeing his grandchild(ren) in Chapter 32?
(a) He builds a playpen.
(b) He makes a special meal.
(c) He sings a song.
(d) He reads a letter.
4. What will the tailor do if Saskia gives him what he wants in Chapter 20?
(a) He will leave the village forever.
(b) He will spin the last room of straw into gold.
(c) He will make Saskia immortal.
(d) He will kill the king.
5. How does the tailor say his name aloud in Chapter 32?
(a) While singing.
(b) While cursing.
(c) While introducing himself to a new neighbor.
(d) While reading aloud.
6. What does the tailor do to his body as he waits for his grandchild to arrive?
(a) He gets a haircut.
(b) He bites his nails.
(c) He massages his leg.
(d) He gets it into top shape.
7. What does Saskia give to the tailor in Chapter 18?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) Elke's scarf.
(d) Her mother's ring.
8. Who is not impressed when he inspects Saskia's yarns in Chapter 15?
(a) Dagmar's brother.
(b) The miller.
(c) The tailor.
(d) The king.
9. Why does Saskia discuss certain things with the miller in Chapter 31?
(a) She knows he is curious about life at court.
(b) She needs to let off some steam.
(c) She hopes that he will know something about the tailor.
(d) She is curious about her mother.
10. What position does Saskia give Dagmar and Dagmar's husband at the castle?
(a) Royal court jesters.
(b) Royal groundskeepers.
(c) Royal bakers.
(d) Royal seamstress and tailor.
11. What is so unique about Saskia's yarn?
(a) She dyes it brilliant colors.
(b) It is much thicker than normal yarn.
(c) She incorporates already spun thread into the newly-spun thread.
(d) The combination of vegetation and thread.
12. What does the tailor leave behind at the end of Chapter 33?
(a) Some clothes he made for the firstborn.
(b) A letter from the young maiden.
(c) His hammer.
(d) His bad leg.
13. What does the tailor refuse in Chapter 29?
(a) To be attacked.
(b) To be arrested.
(c) To be tricked.
(d) To be bribed.
14. How does the tailor react to the news of Saskia's pregnancy?
(a) He is jealous.
(b) He is scared.
(c) He is pleased.
(d) He is angry.
15. What does the king do after seeing Saskia's work in Chapter 19?
(a) He moves her to the largest room.
(b) He exiles her.
(c) He locks her in the dungeons.
(d) He throws her out of the castle.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the entire village want Saskia to do for them in Chapter 22?
2. What happens that Saskia hoped would not in Chapter 29?
3. What does Saskia not realize about the item she gives the tailor in Chapter 17?
4. Who does Saskia give birth to?
5. What is the title of Part 6 of the novel?
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