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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Saskia's father awakens in Chapter 6, what does he believe has happened to him?

2. What does the tailor buy from the farmer in Chapter 1?

3. What does the tailor feel for Saskia's mother in Chapter 13?

4. What does Saskia discuss with her friend in Chapter 5?

5. Why does the young tailor leave the gold dress with the old woman in chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Saskia's father do while she is spinning threads in Chapter 12?

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

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

4. Why does the tailor want Saskia's spinner in Chapter 11?

5. What does Saskia learn in Chapter 9?

6. What happens at the end of Chapter 4?

7. What happens when the miller becomes depressed in Chapter 6?

8. What does the tailor spend a week looking for in Chapter 2 and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss conflict in the novel "Spinners". Who is in conflict with whom and why? How do these conflicts alter or influence the plot and the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of the novel. In what way is the setting an important aspect of this story? How do the different settings in the novel contrast with one another?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the symbolism in the novel "Spinners". What are some examples of symbolism in the novel? What does the spinning wheel symbolize? What does the tailor's deformed leg symbolize?

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