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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the king react to Saskia's work in Chapter 18?
(a) He is impressed.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is shocked.
(d) He is disappointed.

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

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

4. What is Saskia doing when she learns some news from her father in Chapter 14?
(a) She is working on a new yarn.
(b) She is eating.
(c) She is doing laundry.
(d) She is tending to the garden.

5. What does Elke finally tell the tailor in Chapter 24?
(a) She tells him that Saskia knows about him.
(b) She tells him that he has to move out of his cottage.
(c) She tells him that Saskia is pregnant.
(d) She tells him how she feels for him.

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

7. What had the tailor given to Saskia's mother on the day that Saskia was born?
(a) A love letter.
(b) A ring.
(c) A lock of his hair.
(d) A sketch of her face.

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

9. What does the tailor ask Saskia for in Chapter 20?
(a) Her necklace.
(b) The gold straw.
(c) A lock of her hair.
(d) Her firstborn child.

10. What is special about what Saskia has to accomplish in Chapter 29?
(a) She has a time limit.
(b) The tailor will give her clues along the way.
(c) Saskia believes she has a chance to accomplish her goal easily.
(d) Saskia must figure out the name that her mother gave to the tailor on the day of Saskia's birth.

11. How does the tailor react to Saskia during the first night in Chapter 30?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He is shamed by her.
(c) He is disappointed by her.
(d) He applauds her.

12. What is the title of Part 4 of the novel?
(a) "Saskia's Dilemma".
(b) "Yarn".
(c) "The King".
(d) "Gold".

13. Why does the miller claim that Saskia can spin straw into gold in Chapter 15?
(a) He believes his daughter can do anything.
(b) He is drunk and confused.
(c) He is desperate for Saskia to be declared the king's spinner.
(d) He decides to get back at Saskia for cutting his hair while he was asleep.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What enrages the tailor in Chapter 33?

2. How much time passes in Chapter 27?

3. Why does the tailor react to Saskia in such a manner in Chapter 30?

4. What does Saskia try to convince herself of in Chapter 29?

5. What does the tailor do as he anticipates seeing his grandchild(ren) in Chapter 32?

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