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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tailor take from a local spinner in Chapter 2?

2. Who does the object that Elke brings to the tailor belong to?

3. What does the tailor agree to give to the passersby?

4. Who reports to the tailor about the young maiden in Chapter 4?

5. Who catches the tailor in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the tailor leave the family in Chapter 7?

2. What is the tailor's actual motives for asking many questions about Saskia in Chapter 13?

3. Why doesn't the young maiden's father want the tailor to marry his daughter?

4. Who does the maiden marry instead of the tailor in Chapter 4?

5. Why does the tailor approach the local spinner in Chapter 2?

6. What does Saskia learn in Chapter 9?

7. How does Saskia's father help out in Chapter 10?

8. Why does the tailor want Saskia's spinner in Chapter 11?

9. What happens at the end of Chapter 4?

10. What does Saskia's father do while she is spinning threads in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character Saskia. What are her defining character traits? Discuss her relationships with her father, the king, Dagmar and the miller.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to either Saskia or the tailor? What are their roles in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What are some examples of secrets in the novel? How do these secrets impact the central characters? How do these secrets impact the novel's pace and tone?

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