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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 give to the tailor in Chapter 18?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) Her mother's ring.
(c) Elke's scarf.
(d) A lock of her hair.

2. What position does Saskia give Dagmar and Dagmar's husband at the castle?
(a) Royal court jesters.
(b) Royal seamstress and tailor.
(c) Royal bakers.
(d) Royal groundskeepers.

3. How does the tailor react to the news of Saskia's pregnancy?
(a) He is pleased.
(b) He is scared.
(c) He is jealous.
(d) He is angry.

4. What enrages the tailor in Chapter 33?
(a) Saskia guesses his name.
(b) The miller threatens to kill him.
(c) The king arrives with his army.
(d) Saskia refuses to keep her end of the deal.

5. How does Dagmar feel about Saskia's pregnancy?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She is thrilled.
(d) She is jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who can Saskia not stop thinking about in Chapter 31?

2. How does Saskia feel about her pregnancy?

3. What does Saskia have to offer the tailor in Chapter 19?

4. What does the king threaten he will do to Saskia in Chapter 16?

5. What does the king ask Saskia in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What makes Saskia frightened in Chapter 24?

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

5. What does Saskia do to make herself less lonely in Chapter 23?

6. What happens on the second night in Chapter 31?

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

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

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

10. What does Elke tell Saskia about the tailor in Chapter 31?

(see the answer keys)

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