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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Survival: Chapters 5-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tailor try to do with yarn in Chapter 2?
(a) Make a baby's dress.
(b) Make a nice new suit for himself.
(c) Spin it to look like gold.
(d) Make the maiden a temporary ring.

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

3. What does the tailor agree to give to the passersby?
(a) Food and money.
(b) His gold watch.
(c) His spinning wheel.
(d) Custom-made clothing.

4. Who comes across the tailor in Chapter 7?
(a) A pair of vagrants.
(b) A poor farmer and his son.
(c) Some priests.
(d) A barmaid and a drunk.

5. How does the young maiden die?
(a) She is attacked by a bear.
(b) She bumps her head on a table.
(c) She falls into a frozen lake.
(d) In childbirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the young maiden and the tailor at the beginning of the story?

2. Who does the young maiden's father want her to marry?

3. Who reports to the tailor about the young maiden in Chapter 4?

4. What does the tailor try to sell in Chapter 8?

5. Who is the author of "Spinners"?

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