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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 Elke ask Saskia's father do to in Chapter 12?

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

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

4. What does the tailor request of the passersby?

5. What is Saskia unable to resist doing in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the miller becomes depressed in Chapter 6?

2. Why doesn't Saskia want to trade wheels with Elke in Chapter 12?

3. What happens at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What does the tailor realize while talking to Elke in Chapter 11?

5. What does the tailor discover when he returns home in Chapter 8?

6. How does Saskia cut her father's cheek in Chapter 5?

7. What does the tailor spend a week looking for in Chapter 2 and why?

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

9. What happens when the tailor tries spinning with straw in Chapter 2?

10. What does Elke bring the tailor in Chapter 11?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel. In what way is the setting an important aspect of this story? How do the different settings in the novel contrast with one another?

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