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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Elke have the tailor live?
(a) In a small cottage on the edge of the village.
(b) In an isolated home in the woods.
(c) At her uncle's home.
(d) At her house.

2. What does the miller encourage Saskia to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Go to school.
(b) Trade wheels with the tailor.
(c) Get along with the tailor.
(d) Leave home.

3. What does Elke ask Saskia's father do to in Chapter 12?
(a) Exchange his wheel for the tailor's.
(b) Abandon Saskia.
(c) Allow Saskia to go to school.
(d) Take in the tailor.

4. Who reports to the tailor about the young maiden in Chapter 4?
(a) A beggar on the street.
(b) The sea captain.
(c) A pupil.
(d) A young boy who works at the mill.

5. Why does Saskia's father refuse to get out of bed in Chapter 6?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He is depressed.
(d) He is angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Saskia ask Dagmar's mother to help her do in Chapter 9?

2. How is Elke described?

3. What does the tailor insist Elke do in Chapter 11?

4. What does the tailor buy from the farmer in Chapter 1?

5. How does Saskia accidentally cut her father's cheek?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't the tailor invite Elke inside his house in Chapter 11?

2. Why does the tailor want Saskia's spinner in Chapter 11?

3. How does Saskia's father help out in Chapter 10?

4. Why doesn't Saskia want to trade wheels with Elke in Chapter 12?

5. Who is Elke?

6. What happens when the miller becomes depressed in Chapter 6?

7. What happens at the end of Chapter 4?

8. What does Elke bring the tailor in Chapter 11?

9. What does the tailor insist upon in Chapter 11?

10. What does Saskia's father do while she is spinning threads in Chapter 12?

(see the answer keys)

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