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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. What does she plan to do to fulfill her promise to herself in Chapter 12?

2. Where does Elke have the tailor live?

3. What does the tailor request of the passersby?

4. Why does the tailor leave his new home at the end of Chapter 7?

5. What is the young maiden's father's concern in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the maiden marry instead of the tailor in Chapter 4?

2. What does Saskia promise herself at the end of Chapter 12?

3. Why does the tailor approach the local spinner in Chapter 2?

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

5. What does Elke bring the tailor in Chapter 11?

6. Who does the tailor meet along the side of the road in Chapter 7 and what does he ask them for?

7. What is the young maiden concerned about in Chapter 1?

8. How does the tailor try to convince the father of the young maiden that he is worthy of his daughter in Chapter 1?

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

10. What does the tailor realize while talking to Elke in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the imagery in the novel "Spinners". What are some examples of imagery in the novel and what is the meaning behind them?

Essay Topic 2

What is a character foil and who is Saskia's foil? Why is this person Saskia's foil?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Saskia. What are her defining character traits? Discuss her relationships with her father, the king, Dagmar and the miller.

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