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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dagmar's mother want Saskia to do in Chapter 22?
(a) Find a husband for Dagmar.
(b) All of the chores.
(c) Give her money.
(d) Marry her son.

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

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

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

5. What does Saskia give to the tailor in Chapter 18?
(a) Her mother's ring.
(b) A lock of her hair.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) Elke's scarf.

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

7. What is the tailor not bothered by in Chapter 26?
(a) The king and his army.
(b) The cold weather.
(c) Elke's repeated advances.
(d) That Saskia has asked the guards and servants to keep an eye out for him.

8. What makes a hole in the floor in Chapter 33?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A chair.
(c) The tailor's bad leg.
(d) An axe.

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 hopes that he will know something about the tailor.
(c) She needs to let off some steam.
(d) She is curious about her mother.

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

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

12. How many chances does the tailor give Saskia in Chapter 29?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

13. What does Saskia try to convince herself of in Chapter 29?
(a) That her body will return to how it looked pre-pregnancy.
(b) That the tailor will not come to take her offspring.
(c) That the king will protect her offspring.
(d) That she is worthy of ther king's love.

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

15. What does Saskia give the tailor in Chapter 17?
(a) A ring.
(b) A shell necklace.
(c) A lock of her hair.
(d) A written letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has brought Saskia and Dagmar closer together in Chapter 14?

2. Who overhears Saskia talking to her father in Chapter 31?

3. What does Elke finally tell the tailor in Chapter 24?

4. What is so unique about Saskia's yarn?

5. Why does the miller claim that Saskia can spin straw into gold in Chapter 15?

(see the answer keys)

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