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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Saskia do when the tailor arrives in Chapter 33?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She pretends to be sad.
(c) She asks him many questions.
(d) She smiles and snaps her fingers.

2. Why does Saskia do whatever she can to make the king love her in Chapter 23?
(a) Because she loves him.
(b) To make the other maidens jealous.
(c) She wants his riches.
(d) To protect herself against his wrath should he ever learn of her secret.

3. Who overhears Saskia talking to her father in Chapter 31?
(a) The king.
(b) Elke.
(c) Dagmar.
(d) The tailor.

4. Who does Saskia fear for in Chapter 27?
(a) Elke.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her unborn child.
(d) The miller.

5. What does Saskia beg for in Chapter 29?
(a) For her father to be buried a hero.
(b) To save her firstborn.
(c) For the doctor to make her miscarriage.
(d) For Dagmar to stay at the castle.

6. What happens that Saskia hoped would not in Chapter 29?
(a) She becomes pregnant again.
(b) The tailor shows up for her firstborn.
(c) Dagmar resigns.
(d) The miller dies.

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

8. What does the tailor do to his home as he waits for his grandchild to arrive?
(a) He adds an extension.
(b) He buys some livestock.
(c) He fixes it up.
(d) He gets rid of all his alcohol.

9. What does the tailor do while spinning in Chapter 17?
(a) He watches Saskia.
(b) He coughs.
(c) He cries.
(d) He sings.

10. Why does the miller claim that Saskia can spin straw into gold in Chapter 15?
(a) He is desperate for Saskia to be declared the king's spinner.
(b) He believes his daughter can do anything.
(c) He is drunk and confused.
(d) He decides to get back at Saskia for cutting his hair while he was asleep.

11. What does Saskia try to do to the tailor in Chapter 29?
(a) Trick him.
(b) Have him arrested.
(c) Hit him.
(d) Bribe him.

12. What does Saskia do on the first night in Chapter 30?
(a) Goes through the names of the villagers.
(b) Hides in the castle.
(c) Makes a plan.
(d) Informs the king of the tailor's plan.

13. When Saskia returns home in Chapter 22, what does her father want her to do?
(a) Clean the house from top to bottom.
(b) Marry the neighbor's son.
(c) Meet with the tailor.
(d) Spin straw into gold for him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who can Saskia not stop thinking about in Chapter 31?

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

4. What does Elke finally tell the tailor in Chapter 24?

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

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