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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. How long into her marriage does it take Saskia to become pregnant?
(a) A year.
(b) Three months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) A year and a half.

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

3. How does Saskia feel about her pregnancy?
(a) She is cautiously optimistic.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is frightened.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tailor focused on in Chapter 24?

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

3. What does the tailor refuse in Chapter 29?

4. What does Elke tell the tailor about at the beginning of Chapter 17?

5. Why does the tailor react to Saskia in such a manner in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Elke confess to the tailor in Chapter 24?

3. Why does Saskia try to make the king love her in Chapter 23?

4. What does the tailor anticipate in Chapter 32?

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

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

7. What does the tailor do when Elke tells him about Saskia's situation in Chapter 17?

8. What offends the tailor in Chapter 20?

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

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

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