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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. What does the tailor give to the young maiden in Chapter 4?
(a) A dress.
(b) A ring.
(c) A poem.
(d) A flower.

2. What happens as the young maiden tries to help the tailor's leg in Chapter 3?
(a) The cramp gets worse.
(b) The tattoo becomes infected.
(c) The broken bone shifts and causes more pain.
(d) The cut becomes infected.

3. Where is the tailor sitting at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) In a church.
(b) The side of the road.
(c) In a pub.
(d) In a field.

4. What does the tailor set out to prove to the young maiden's father in Chapter 1?
(a) That he is the strongest man in the village.
(b) That he can provide for the young maiden.
(c) That he loves the young maiden.
(d) That he is wealthy.

5. What happens when the tailor tries to return the item to the old woman in Chapter 3?
(a) She cries on his shoulders.
(b) She thanks him with a feast.
(c) She notices that it is broken.
(d) She does not want it back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part 1 of the novel?

2. Who is Saskia?

3. Where does the tailor go at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the tailor try to convince the father of the young maiden that he is worthy of his daughter in Chapter 1?

2. What happens when the tailor tries spinning with straw in Chapter 2?

3. What is the young maiden concerned about in Chapter 1?

4. What does Saskia have to do when her father becomes depressed?

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

6. How does Saskia cut her father's cheek in Chapter 5?

7. Why does the tailor leave the family in Chapter 7?

8. Why does Saskia cut her father's hair in Chapter 5?

9. What does the tailor realize while talking to Elke in Chapter 11?

10. What is the tailor's actual motives for asking many questions about Saskia in Chapter 13?

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