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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 mistakenly believe the tailor wants from her in Chapter 20?
(a) Her necklace.
(b) Sex.
(c) Her child.
(d) The gold straw.

2. What does Saskia beg for in Chapter 29?
(a) To save her firstborn.
(b) For her father to be buried a hero.
(c) For the doctor to make her miscarriage.
(d) For Dagmar to stay at the castle.

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

4. What does Saskia do when the tailor arrives in Chapter 33?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She asks him many questions.
(c) She smiles and snaps her fingers.
(d) She pretends to be sad.

5. What does the tailor do to his home as he waits for his grandchild to arrive?
(a) He buys some livestock.
(b) He fixes it up.
(c) He adds an extension.
(d) He gets rid of all his alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Saskia do on the first night in Chapter 30?

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

3. Why is Saskia angry with the king in Chapter 21?

4. What does the tailor do while spinning in Chapter 17?

5. What does Elke finally tell the tailor in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What makes Saskia frightened in Chapter 24?

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

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

7. What does the miller tell the King that his wife once told him in Chapter 15?

8. Why does the miller lie about what Saskia can do with the yarn in Chapter 15?

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

10. What does the tailor do for Saskia in Chapter 18?

(see the answer keys)

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