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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tailor try to do with yarn in Chapter 2?
(a) Make a nice new suit for himself.
(b) Spin it to look like gold.
(c) Make the maiden a temporary ring.
(d) Make a baby's dress.

2. What is the title of Part 2?
(a) "Survival".
(b) "Wishful Thinking".
(c) "Generations".
(d) "The Past and the Present".

3. Who does the young maiden's father want her to marry?
(a) The miller.
(b) The baker.
(c) The Reverend.
(d) The carpenter.

4. What does the tailor try to sell in Chapter 8?
(a) His Bible.
(b) His watch.
(c) His yarns.
(d) His spinning wheel.

5. How does Saskia accidentally cut her father's cheek?
(a) By shaving his beard.
(b) By shoving the cat in his face.
(c) By trying to make his haircut even.
(d) By handing him scissors absentmindedly.

6. What does she plan to do to fulfill her promise to herself in Chapter 12?
(a) Buy the wheel back.
(b) Visit the tailor.
(c) Seek revenge on her father.
(d) Apologize to her father.

7. What does the tailor want Elke to trade his spinning wheel for in Chapter 11?
(a) A new bed.
(b) Money.
(c) Saskia's spinning wheel.
(d) A brace for his leg.

8. Where are the young maiden and the tailor at the beginning of the story?
(a) In the young maiden's house.
(b) In an abandoned shed.
(c) Swimming in a pond.
(d) In a farmer's barn.

9. What is the title of Part 3 of the novel?
(a) "Saskia and the Miller".
(b) "Spinners".
(c) "The tailor".
(d) "Yarn".

10. What does Elke give to Saskia's father in Chapter 12?
(a) Money.
(b) A letter from the tailor.
(c) Yarn.
(d) The tailor's wheel.

11. What does the tailor set out to prove to the young maiden's father in Chapter 1?
(a) That he is the strongest man in the village.
(b) That he is wealthy.
(c) That he can provide for the young maiden.
(d) That he loves the young maiden.

12. Who is Elke?
(a) A member of the aristocracy who pities the tailor.
(b) The tailor's neighbor who supports him.
(c) A fellow tailor who is close to the tailor.
(d) A woman who insists on seeing the tailor create some of his fine yarns.

13. Why does this happen to the tailor's leg in Chapter 2?
(a) He wanted to declare his love for the young maiden.
(b) He had been climbing in the woods.
(c) He had been working very hard.
(d) He had been building a table for his house.

14. What does the tailor tell the young maiden and her father about his leg in Chapter 3?
(a) The cut will never heal.
(b) The cramp will go away.
(c) The tattoo is a symbol of his love.
(d) The broken bone will not heal properly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Saskia's father refuse to get out of bed in Chapter 6?

2. When does Saskia plan on fulfilling her promise to herself at the end of Chapter 12?

3. What does Saskia start to help Dagmar's mother do in Chapter 9?

4. What does Saskia ask Dagmar's mother to help her do in Chapter 9?

5. Why does Saskia not want to do what her father wants her to in Chapter 12?

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