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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. How long into her marriage does it take Saskia to become pregnant?
(a) Eight months.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Three months.
(d) A year.

2. Who can Saskia not stop thinking about in Chapter 31?
(a) Her firstborn.
(b) The tailor.
(c) The king.
(d) The miller.

3. How does the tailor react to Saskia during the first night in Chapter 30?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He is disappointed by her.
(c) He applauds her.
(d) He is shamed by her.

4. What does the tailor do as he anticipates seeing his grandchild(ren) in Chapter 32?
(a) He makes a special meal.
(b) He builds a playpen.
(c) He reads a letter.
(d) He sings a song.

5. What has her father arranged for her in Chapter 14?
(a) To seduce the king.
(b) To bake for the king.
(c) To steal from the king.
(d) To meet the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the tailor do if Saskia gives him what he wants in Chapter 20?

2. What does Saskia decide after meeting with some trouble in Chapter 22?

3. How does the tailor react to the news of Saskia's pregnancy?

4. What does Saskia try to do to the tailor in Chapter 29?

5. What does Dagmar's mother want Saskia to do in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the tailor react when Saskia guesses his name correctly in Chapter 33?

2. What does Elke confess to the tailor in Chapter 24?

3. How does the novel "Spinners" end?

4. How does the king prove to Saskia that he will never ask her to spin straw again?

5. Why does Saskia run away from home in Chapter 22?

6. What makes Saskia frightened in Chapter 24?

7. What has brought Saskia and Dagmar closer together in Chapter 14?

8. What does the tailor offer Saskia the chance to do in Chapter 29?

9. What does the tailor do in anticipation of his grandchild in Chapter 32?

10. What does the tailor anticipate in Chapter 32?

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