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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tailor insist Elke do in Chapter 11?
(a) Never visit him again.
(b) Find him a new place to live.
(c) Introduce him to the king.
(d) Contact Saskia.

2. Why does the young tailor leave the gold dress with the old woman in chapter 3?
(a) To thank her.
(b) To show he is honest.
(c) He needs somewhere to store the dress.
(d) To comfort her.

3. What will the tailor do to satisfy the young maiden's father's doubts?
(a) Become a man of God.
(b) Present him with a large sum of money.
(c) Work for the young maiden's father.
(d) Create a wedding dress made of gold.

4. Where does the tailor hope to find refuge in Chapter 8?
(a) On a fishing ship.
(b) A cave.
(c) His brother's home.
(d) A church.

5. What is the title of Part 1 of the novel?
(a) Young Love.
(b) Love Gone Wrong.
(c) First Love.
(d) Sisterly Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Saskia's father discover that shocks him in Chapter 10?

2. What does Saskia not want to do in Chapter 12?

3. Who is Dagmar?

4. What does the tailor tell the young maiden and her father about his leg in Chapter 3?

5. What does the tailor do to the straw to be able to do what he wants with it in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Saskia cut her father's hair in Chapter 5?

2. What does Elke bring the tailor in Chapter 11?

3. Why doesn't Saskia want to trade wheels with Elke in Chapter 12?

4. How does Saskia cut her father's cheek in Chapter 5?

5. What does Saskia's father do while she is spinning threads in Chapter 12?

6. Who is Elke?

7. Why does the tailor leave the family in Chapter 7?

8. How does the tailor try to convince the father of the young maiden that he is worthy of his daughter in Chapter 1?

9. What does Saskia learn in Chapter 9?

10. What does the young maiden do when the tailor's leg becomes cramped in Chapter 3?

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