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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tailor focused on in Chapter 24?
(a) Finding a new house.
(b) His impending wedding.
(c) Avoiding Saskia.
(d) The grandchild he will soon have.

2. Why does Saskia ask Dagmar to the castle in Chapter 23?
(a) Dagmar wants to live at court.
(b) She is lonely.
(c) Dagmar has nowhere else to go.
(d) Saskia thinks Dagmar will help protect her.

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Why does the tailor taunt Saskia in Chapter 33?
(a) She falls over a bump on the floor.
(b) She is looking unwell.
(c) The king refuses to help her.
(d) He is convinced she will not be able to guess his name.

8. What does the king do to Saskia in Chapter 16?
(a) Locks her in a small room.
(b) Exiles her.
(c) Tortures her father in front of her.
(d) Marries her.

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

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

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

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

13. What is so unique about Saskia's yarn?
(a) She dyes it brilliant colors.
(b) The combination of vegetation and thread.
(c) It is much thicker than normal yarn.
(d) She incorporates already spun thread into the newly-spun thread.

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

15. What does the tailor call Saskia that confuses her in Chapter 31?
(a) "Daughter".
(b) "Little One".
(c) "My baby".
(d) "Darling".

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the tailor react to the news of Saskia's pregnancy?

2. How long into her marriage does it take Saskia to become pregnant?

3. What is the title of Part 6 of the novel?

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

5. What does Saskia think by the end of Chapter 16?

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