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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 ask Elke to do for him in Chapter 17?
(a) Sneak him into Saskia's room.
(b) Find him a way to meet with the king.
(c) Make him supper.
(d) Steal the spinning wheel.

2. What will the tailor do if Saskia gives him what he wants in Chapter 20?
(a) He will kill the king.
(b) He will leave the village forever.
(c) He will spin the last room of straw into gold.
(d) He will make Saskia immortal.

3. Why does the tailor taunt Saskia in Chapter 33?
(a) The king refuses to help her.
(b) She falls over a bump on the floor.
(c) He is convinced she will not be able to guess his name.
(d) She is looking unwell.

4. Where does the king take Saskia when they meet on the road in Chapter 22?
(a) To her father's house.
(b) To the tailor's cottage.
(c) To Dagmar's house.
(d) Back to his castle.

5. Who does Saskia ask the guard and head servant to keep an eye out for in Chapter 25?
(a) Elke.
(b) The king.
(c) The tailor.
(d) Dagmar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Saskia try to convince herself of in Chapter 29?

2. What is the title of Part 4 of the novel?

3. What is the tailor not bothered by in Chapter 26?

4. What does the entire village want Saskia to do for them in Chapter 22?

5. What happens that Saskia hoped would not in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Saskia run away from Dagmar's home in Chapter 22?

4. What happens on the first night in Chapter 30?

5. What does the tailor ask Saskia for in Chapter 20?

6. Why does Saskia try to make the king love her in Chapter 23?

7. What does the tailor do when Elke tells him about Saskia's situation in Chapter 17?

8. Why does Saskia use vinegar to wash herself in Chapter 23?

9. What does the king do to Saskia when her father tells him about the gold straw in Chapter 16?

10. What offends the tailor in Chapter 20?

(see the answer keys)

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