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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Preparation: Chapters 21-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Saskia doing when she learns some news from her father in Chapter 14?
(a) She is tending to the garden.
(b) She is doing laundry.
(c) She is working on a new yarn.
(d) She is eating.

2. Why is Saskia angry with the king in Chapter 21?
(a) Because he has exiled her father.
(b) Because he put down Dagmar and her family.
(c) Because he laughed at her in public.
(d) Because he threatened to kill her.

3. What position does Saskia give Dagmar and Dagmar's husband at the castle?
(a) Royal court jesters.
(b) Royal groundskeepers.
(c) Royal bakers.
(d) Royal seamstress and tailor.

4. Where is the tailor sitting at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) In a church.
(b) In a field.
(c) The side of the road.
(d) In a pub.

5. What does Saskia promise to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Save up money.
(b) Welcome the tailor into her life.
(c) Make her father regret his actions.
(d) Gain her father's forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Saskia wash herself with vinegar every morning in Chapter 23?

2. Where are the young maiden and the tailor at the beginning of the story?

3. Why does the tailor want to trade his spinning wheel for the other item in Chapter 11?

4. When Saskia returns home in Chapter 22, what does her father want her to do?

5. How does Dagmar feel about Saskia's pregnancy?

(see the answer key)

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