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

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

3. What position does Saskia give Dagmar and Dagmar's husband at the castle?
(a) Royal court jesters.
(b) Royal seamstress and tailor.
(c) Royal bakers.
(d) Royal groundskeepers.

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

5. What does the tailor comment on in Chapter 20 that leads to a misunderstanding?
(a) The king.
(b) Saskia's mother.
(c) Saskia's healthy body.
(d) Saskia's drunk father.

6. What happens that Saskia hoped would not in Chapter 29?
(a) The miller dies.
(b) The tailor shows up for her firstborn.
(c) Dagmar resigns.
(d) She becomes pregnant again.

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

8. What does Saskia have her guards do in Chapter 31?
(a) Follow Elke.
(b) Arrest the tailor.
(c) Watch the tailor and figure out his name.
(d) Kill the tailor.

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

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

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

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

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

14. When Saskia returns home in Chapter 22, what does her father want her to do?
(a) Marry the neighbor's son.
(b) Clean the house from top to bottom.
(c) Spin straw into gold for him.
(d) Meet with the tailor.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the tailor plan to do after completing his preparations in Chapter 32?

3. What does the tailor ask Elke to do for him in Chapter 17?

4. What had the tailor given to Saskia's mother on the day that Saskia was born?

5. What does Saskia refuse to do in Chapter 21?

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