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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 disappointed.
(d) He is shocked.

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

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

4. What will the tailor do if Saskia gives him what he wants in Chapter 20?
(a) He will kill the king.
(b) He will leave the village forever.
(c) He will spin the last room of straw into gold.
(d) He will make Saskia immortal.

5. What does the king threaten to do in Chapter 19?
(a) Take Saskia's firstborn baby.
(b) Kill Saskia if she fails him.
(c) Kill the miller.
(d) Keep Saskia prisoner for the rest of her life.

6. Where does the king take Saskia when they meet on the road in Chapter 22?
(a) Back to his castle.
(b) To Dagmar's house.
(c) To the tailor's cottage.
(d) To her father's house.

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

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

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

10. What does the person who overhears Saskia's conversation in Chapter 31 tell Saskia?
(a) That the tailor lives in the woods and Elke is the only visitor there.
(b) That she makes the court life more fun.
(c) That her mother was a beautiful woman.
(d) That the king is very scary and she should not speak of him negatively.

11. What does Saskia do when the tailor arrives in Chapter 33?
(a) She pretends to be sad.
(b) She laughs at him.
(c) She smiles and snaps her fingers.
(d) She asks him many questions.

12. What does Saskia think by the end of Chapter 16?
(a) That she will die.
(b) That she will miss her father.
(c) That she will be dishonored.
(d) That she will be able to trick the king.

13. What does Saskia try to do to the tailor in Chapter 29?
(a) Have him arrested.
(b) Bribe him.
(c) Trick him.
(d) Hit him.

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

15. Where does Saskia run away to in Chapter 22?
(a) Elke's family cottage.
(b) The tailor's home.
(c) Her grandmother's house.
(d) Dagmar's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king threaten he will do to Saskia in Chapter 16?

2. What does Saskia give to the tailor in Chapter 18?

3. What is the tailor not bothered by in Chapter 26?

4. Why does Saskia ask Dagmar to the castle in Chapter 23?

5. What does Saskia have her guards do in Chapter 31?

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