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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 refuse to do in Chapter 21?
(a) Make the king a robe.
(b) Marry the king.
(c) Be the king's official seamstress.
(d) Babysit the king's children.

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

3. What does the tailor give Saskia multiple chances to accomplish in Chapter 29?
(a) Avoid him.
(b) Change his mind.
(c) Figure out his name.
(d) Figure out his daughter's name.

4. What does Dagmar's mother want Saskia to do in Chapter 22?
(a) All of the chores.
(b) Give her money.
(c) Marry her son.
(d) Find a husband for Dagmar.

5. What does Saskia think by the end of Chapter 16?
(a) That she will miss her father.
(b) That she will die.
(c) That she will be dishonored.
(d) That she will be able to trick the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Saskia tell the miller about in Chapter 31?

2. What does the person who overhears Saskia's conversation in Chapter 31 tell Saskia?

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

4. What does Saskia beg for in Chapter 29?

5. What does Saskia do when the tailor arrives in Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the tailor do to Saskia in Chapter 33?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the tailor anticipate in Chapter 32?

8. How does Saskia try to convince the tailor to let her keep her child in Chapter 29?

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

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

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