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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 Saskia do on the second night in Chapter 31?
(a) She visits Dagmar.
(b) She hides in the forest.
(c) She has a feast with her husband.
(d) Goes through every foreign name she can think of.

2. 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.

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

4. How does the tailor react to the news of Saskia's pregnancy?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is pleased.
(c) He is jealous.
(d) He is scared.

5. What does the tailor refuse in Chapter 29?
(a) To be tricked.
(b) To be attacked.
(c) To be arrested.
(d) To be bribed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king do to Saskia in Chapter 16?

2. What does Saskia have to offer the tailor in Chapter 19?

3. What had the tailor given to Saskia's mother on the day that Saskia was born?

4. What position does Saskia give Dagmar and Dagmar's husband at the castle?

5. What does Saskia think by the end of Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the tailor react when Saskia guesses his name correctly in Chapter 33?

2. What happens when Saskia needs the tailors help in Chapter 19?

3. What does Elke tell Saskia about the tailor in Chapter 31?

4. How does the king prove to Saskia that he will never ask her to spin straw again?

5. What does the tailor offer Saskia the chance to do in Chapter 29?

6. What does the tailor anticipate in Chapter 32?

7. Why does Saskia use vinegar to wash herself in Chapter 23?

8. How does Saskia try to convince the tailor to let her keep her child in Chapter 29?

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

10. What does the tailor do in anticipation of the arrival of his grandchild in Chapter 26?

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