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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. Where does the young maiden live in Chapter 4?
(a) At the mill.
(b) In a small cottage.
(c) On a boat.
(d) In a mansion.

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

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

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

5. Why does Saskia have to sell these things in Chapter 6?
(a) As a favor to her neighbor.
(b) So the items do not spoil.
(c) To make money to buy a new dress.
(d) To survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Saskia unable to resist doing in Chapter 12?

2. How does Saskia react when her father takes something away from her in Chapter 12?

3. Why does the tailor want to trade his spinning wheel for the other item in Chapter 11?

4. What does the tailor try to do with yarn in Chapter 2?

5. What is the title of Part 3 of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the tailor insist upon in Chapter 11?

3. What does the tailor discover when he returns home in Chapter 8?

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

5. What happens when the tailor tries spinning with straw in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

9. What does the tailor realize while talking to Elke in Chapter 11?

10. Why does the tailor approach the local spinner in Chapter 2?

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