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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 take from a local spinner in Chapter 2?
(a) Her book of secrets.
(b) Her yarn.
(c) Her ring.
(d) Her low wheel.

2. What does the tailor request of the passersby?
(a) Room and board.
(b) Guidance.
(c) Food and money.
(d) Mercy.

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

4. What does Saskia ask Dagmar's mother to help her do in Chapter 9?
(a) Pray for her mother.
(b) Find a husband.
(c) Make a beautiful dress.
(d) Teach her how to spin thread into yarn.

5. How long does the tailor have to prove himself to the young maiden's father?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) By the end of the month.
(d) Three months.

6. Who does the object that Elke brings to the tailor belong to?
(a) Elke.
(b) The miller.
(c) The king.
(d) Saskia.

7. Who does the tailor ask about when Elke shows him the object in Chapter 11?
(a) The miller.
(b) The King.
(c) The spinner.
(d) Elke.

8. Where does Elke visit the tailor in Chapter 11?
(a) Near the stream.
(b) Outside his cabin.
(c) Inside his cabin.
(d) In the village square.

9. When does Saskia plan on fulfilling her promise to herself at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) As quickly as possible.
(b) Before her father dies.
(c) Eventually.
(d) Within the next month sometime.

10. What does the miller encourage Saskia to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Get along with the tailor.
(b) Leave home.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Trade wheels with the tailor.

11. Who does Elke work for?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The town gossip.
(c) The King.
(d) Herself.

12. When does the tailor promise to return the item to the local spinner?
(a) In a month.
(b) In a week.
(c) In a year.
(d) In six months.

13. What does the tailor vow to the young woman in Chapter 4?
(a) To marry a better woman.
(b) His continuing love.
(c) To avenge her betrayal.
(d) To win her over in the end.

14. What does the tailor do to the straw to be able to do what he wants with it in Chapter 2?
(a) He cries on it.
(b) He cooks it.
(c) He mixes it with cow dung.
(d) He paints it.

15. What is Saskia unable to resist doing in Chapter 12?
(a) Spying on the tailor.
(b) Skimming through a school book.
(c) Spinning a small number of threads on the tailor's wheel.
(d) Stealing money from her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How regularly does Elke visit the tailor in Chapter 11?

2. What does Saskia's father think of Elke's request in Chapter 12?

3. Who has the young maiden married by Chapter 4?

4. What does the tailor set out to prove to the young maiden's father in Chapter 1?

5. Where is the tailor sitting at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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