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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 is the tailor doing when Elke tells him that Saskia is pregnant?

2. Who does Saskia ask the guard and head servant to keep an eye out for in Chapter 25?

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

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

5. What had the tailor given to Saskia's mother on the day that Saskia was born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Saskia needs the tailors help in Chapter 19?

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

6. What offends the tailor in Chapter 20?

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

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

9. Why does the king ask Saskia to marry him in Chapter 21? How does she reply to his proposal?

10. What makes Saskia frightened in Chapter 24?

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 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?

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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