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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dagmar feel about Saskia's pregnancy?
(a) She is thrilled.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She is jealous.

2. How does Saskia feel about her pregnancy?
(a) She is frightened.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She is cautiously optimistic.
(d) She is indifferent.

3. What does Saskia have her guards do in Chapter 31?
(a) Watch the tailor and figure out his name.
(b) Arrest the tailor.
(c) Kill the tailor.
(d) Follow Elke.

4. How much time passes in Chapter 27?
(a) Days.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Hours.
(d) Months.

5. What does the tailor comment on in Chapter 20 that leads to a misunderstanding?
(a) Saskia's drunk father.
(b) Saskia's healthy body.
(c) The king.
(d) Saskia's mother.

6. How does the tailor say his name aloud in Chapter 32?
(a) While reading aloud.
(b) While cursing.
(c) While introducing himself to a new neighbor.
(d) While singing.

7. How long into her marriage does it take Saskia to become pregnant?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Three months.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) A year.

8. What had the tailor given to Saskia's mother on the day that Saskia was born?
(a) A sketch of her face.
(b) A ring.
(c) A lock of his hair.
(d) A love letter.

9. Why does Saskia ask Dagmar to the castle in Chapter 23?
(a) Dagmar has nowhere else to go.
(b) She is lonely.
(c) Dagmar wants to live at court.
(d) Saskia thinks Dagmar will help protect her.

10. What does Dagmar's mother want Saskia to do in Chapter 22?
(a) Marry her son.
(b) Give her money.
(c) Find a husband for Dagmar.
(d) All of the chores.

11. How does the king prove that he will never ask Saskia to spin straw into gold again?
(a) He cuts off his tongue.
(b) He locks the wheel away.
(c) He gives the wheel away.
(d) He burns her wheel.

12. What does the king do to Saskia in Chapter 16?
(a) Marries her.
(b) Exiles her.
(c) Tortures her father in front of her.
(d) Locks her in a small room.

13. What does the tailor call Saskia that confuses her in Chapter 31?
(a) "Daughter".
(b) "My baby".
(c) "Little One".
(d) "Darling".

14. What does Saskia mistakenly believe the tailor wants from her in Chapter 20?
(a) Her child.
(b) Her necklace.
(c) Sex.
(d) The gold straw.

15. What does the tailor ask Saskia for in Chapter 20?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) The gold straw.
(c) Her necklace.
(d) Her firstborn child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Saskia angry with the king in Chapter 21?

2. How does the king react to Saskia's work in Chapter 19?

3. How does the tailor react to the news of Saskia's pregnancy?

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

5. What does Saskia beg for in Chapter 29?

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