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

2. What is the title of Part 5 of the novel?
(a) "Lost and Found".
(b) "Preparation".
(c) "A Wedding".
(d) "A Death in the Family".

3. What does the tailor do to his body as he waits for his grandchild to arrive?
(a) He gets it into top shape.
(b) He massages his leg.
(c) He bites his nails.
(d) He gets a haircut.

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

5. Why is Saskia angry with the king in Chapter 21?
(a) Because he has exiled her father.
(b) Because he laughed at her in public.
(c) Because he threatened to kill her.
(d) Because he put down Dagmar and her family.

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

7. Why does Saskia discuss certain things with the miller in Chapter 31?
(a) She hopes that he will know something about the tailor.
(b) She is curious about her mother.
(c) She needs to let off some steam.
(d) She knows he is curious about life at court.

8. What does the tailor do while spinning in Chapter 17?
(a) He cries.
(b) He watches Saskia.
(c) He coughs.
(d) He sings.

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

10. How does the tailor say his name aloud in Chapter 32?
(a) While cursing.
(b) While reading aloud.
(c) While introducing himself to a new neighbor.
(d) While singing.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the tailor do when he becomes enraged in Chapter 33?

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

4. Who does Saskia ask the guard and head servant to keep an eye out for in Chapter 25?

5. What is the title of Part 4 of the novel?

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