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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 Saskia use of her mother's in Chapter 9?
(a) Her techniques.
(b) Her low spinning wheel.
(c) Her dress.
(d) Her yarn.

2. What does the tailor agree to give to the passersby?
(a) Food and money.
(b) His gold watch.
(c) Custom-made clothing.
(d) His spinning wheel.

3. What does Saskia discuss with her friend in Chapter 5?
(a) The idea that if her father shaved he could attract a new wife.
(b) That her uncle is greedy and spiteful.
(c) That her grandfather is very religious and will never allow her to marry.
(d) That her brother is a prude and she dislikes him.

4. Why does this happen to the tailor's leg in Chapter 2?
(a) He had been working very hard.
(b) He had been building a table for his house.
(c) He had been climbing in the woods.
(d) He wanted to declare his love for the young maiden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tailor vow to the young woman in Chapter 4?

2. Who does the tailor ask many questions to in Chapter 13?

3. Who does the young maiden's father want her to marry?

4. Why does Elke bring this object to the tailor in Chapter 11?

5. What does Elke tell the tailor about the person who made the object in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who does the tailor meet along the side of the road in Chapter 7 and what does he ask them for?

8. Why does the tailor approach the local spinner in Chapter 2?

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

10. Who is Elke?

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