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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 do with the straw in Chapter 17?

2. What is the title of Part 6 of the novel?

3. What has her father arranged for her in Chapter 14?

4. Why does the miller claim that Saskia can spin straw into gold in Chapter 15?

5. What does the king do after seeing Saskia's work in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Saskia run away from home in Chapter 22?

2. What does Saskia do to make herself less lonely in Chapter 23?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Elke confess to the tailor in Chapter 24?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a character foil and who is Saskia's foil? Why is this person Saskia's foil?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author of the novel, Donna Jo Napoli. What other works has she received recognition for? Is her work usually similarly-themed? Does she always write in the same genre?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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