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

2. How long does the tailor have to prove himself to the young maiden's father?
(a) Three months.
(b) By the end of the month.
(c) Six months.
(d) A year.

3. How is Elke described?
(a) As beautiful and graceful.
(b) As deformed and wretched.
(c) As plain and middle-aged.
(d) As kind and generous.

4. Where does the tailor go at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) To the forest.
(b) To a secluded seaside village.
(c) To a big city.
(d) His home village.

5. What is the title of Part 2?
(a) "Wishful Thinking".
(b) "Survival".
(c) "Generations".
(d) "The Past and the Present".

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the young maiden live in Chapter 4?

2. Of whom does the tailor ask questions about in Chapter 13?

3. What does Saskia's father think of Elke's request in Chapter 12?

4. What does the tailor take from a local spinner in Chapter 2?

5. What does the tailor come to believe about Elke in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the end of Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Elke?

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

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

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