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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Why does the tailor plan to leave the village for a year in Chapter 28?
(a) To meet with an old friend in another country.
(b) So that Elke will not guess his plans.
(c) To avoid Saskia.
(d) To explore the world before having to raise a child.

4. 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.

5. 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 bad leg.
(d) His hammer.

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

7. What does the king threaten he will do to Saskia in Chapter 16?
(a) Exile her.
(b) Cut her finger off.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Embarass her in front of the village.

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

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

10. What does the king ask Saskia in Chapter 18?
(a) If she is already engaged.
(b) If she is a magician.
(c) If she finds him attractive.
(d) If her family comes from money.

11. What has brought Saskia and Dagmar closer together in Chapter 14?
(a) Saskia's accident.
(b) Dagmar's pregnancy.
(c) Dagmar's illness.
(d) Saskia's business.

12. What does Saskia decide after meeting with some trouble in Chapter 22?
(a) She must pretend to be mute.
(b) She should tell the village the truth about how she spun gold.
(c) She should marry the king.
(d) She must run away to where no one knows about her.

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

14. What does the tailor do with the straw in Chapter 17?
(a) He throws it out a window.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He spins it into gold.
(d) He sleeps on it.

15. What does the king do after seeing Saskia's work in Chapter 19?
(a) He locks her in the dungeons.
(b) He exiles her.
(c) He moves her to the largest room.
(d) He throws her out of the castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tailor doing when Elke tells him that Saskia is pregnant?

2. Why does Saskia do whatever she can to make the king love her in Chapter 23?

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

4. What does Saskia tell the miller about in Chapter 31?

5. What enrages the tailor in Chapter 33?

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