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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. How does the tailor feel about the people he has met after a few weeks in Chapter 7?

2. How does Saskia react when her father takes something away from her in Chapter 12?

3. Of whom does the tailor ask questions about in Chapter 13?

4. What does the miller encourage Saskia to do in Chapter 12?

5. What does the young maiden try to do to the tailor's leg at the beginning of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Saskia learn in Chapter 9?

2. What does Saskia promise herself at the end of Chapter 12?

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

4. What does Saskia have to do when her father becomes depressed?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why doesn't the tailor invite Elke inside his house 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

Discuss the different archetypes present in the novel. Are these archetypes commonly found in fairy tales?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of separation in the novel. Who is the tailor separated from throughout the novel? How does this impact his character? Who is Saskia separated from? How does she feel when her birth secret is revealed? Does she feel a sense of loss to know that she has been separated from her birth father her whole life? Why or why not?

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