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

2. What story does the miller tell that he heard from Saskia's mother in Chapter 15?
(a) Saskia's mother once knew someone who made straw appear to be gold.
(b) A young maiden like Saskia once seduced a king simply by showing him a strand of gold thread.
(c) Saskia's mother is supposedly a nobleman's daughter.
(d) She knew a man who used straw to make a gold wedding dress.

3. What does Saskia give to the tailor in Chapter 18?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) Her mother's ring.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) Elke's scarf.

4. What does Elke finally tell the tailor in Chapter 24?
(a) She tells him how she feels for him.
(b) She tells him that Saskia is pregnant.
(c) She tells him that Saskia knows about him.
(d) She tells him that he has to move out of his cottage.

5. How does the tailor react to Saskia during the first night in Chapter 30?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He is shamed by her.
(c) He is disappointed by her.
(d) He applauds her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tailor ask Elke to do for him in Chapter 17?

2. What does Saskia not realize about the item she gives the tailor in Chapter 17?

3. How does the king prove that he will never ask Saskia to spin straw into gold again?

4. What is the tailor not bothered by in Chapter 26?

5. What does Dagmar's mother want Saskia to do in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Saskia run away from Dagmar's home in Chapter 22?

2. What makes Saskia frightened in Chapter 24?

3. Why does Saskia run away from home in Chapter 22?

4. What does the tailor anticipate in Chapter 32?

5. What does the tailor do to Saskia in Chapter 33?

6. What does the tailor do in anticipation of his grandchild in Chapter 32?

7. What has brought Saskia and Dagmar closer together in Chapter 14?

8. What offends the tailor in Chapter 20?

9. What does the tailor do for Saskia in Chapter 18?

10. What does the king do to Saskia when her father tells him about the gold straw in Chapter 16?

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