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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Elke visit the tailor in Chapter 11?
(a) Inside his cabin.
(b) In the village square.
(c) Outside his cabin.
(d) Near the stream.

2. What does Saskia's father help do at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Tend the garden.
(b) Find Saskia's lucky scarf.
(c) Take yarn to the market.
(d) Make supper.

3. What is the title of Part 1 of the novel?
(a) Love Gone Wrong.
(b) Sisterly Love.
(c) Young Love.
(d) First Love.

4. Who is Elke?
(a) A woman who insists on seeing the tailor create some of his fine yarns.
(b) The tailor's neighbor who supports him.
(c) A member of the aristocracy who pities the tailor.
(d) A fellow tailor who is close to the tailor.

5. What does the tailor discover about his sister-in-law in Chapter 8?
(a) She is dying.
(b) She has remarried.
(c) She has died.
(d) She has given birth to four children.

6. What does Saskia ask Dagmar's mother to help her do in Chapter 9?
(a) Make a beautiful dress.
(b) Find a husband.
(c) Pray for her mother.
(d) Teach her how to spin thread into yarn.

7. How regularly does Elke visit the tailor in Chapter 11?
(a) Often.
(b) Every day.
(c) Occasionally.
(d) Rarely.

8. Of whom does the tailor ask questions about in Chapter 13?
(a) Elke.
(b) The king.
(c) Saskia.
(d) The miller.

9. When Saskia's father awakens in Chapter 6, what does he believe has happened to him?
(a) He has been robbed.
(b) He has been drugged.
(c) He has been the victim of a bad joke.
(d) He has had an epiphany.

10. Who is the author of "Spinners"?
(a) Donna Jo Napoli.
(b) L J Smith.
(c) John Boyne.
(d) Cassandra Claire.

11. What is the title of Part 2?
(a) "Survival".
(b) "Generations".
(c) "The Past and the Present".
(d) "Wishful Thinking".

12. Who does Elke work for?
(a) Herself.
(b) The King.
(c) The town gossip.
(d) Her husband.

13. How does Saskia accidentally cut her father's cheek?
(a) By handing him scissors absentmindedly.
(b) By shaving his beard.
(c) By trying to make his haircut even.
(d) By shoving the cat in his face.

14. What does the miller encourage Saskia to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Get along with the tailor.
(b) Trade wheels with the tailor.
(c) Leave home.
(d) Go to school.

15. Who does the young maiden's father want her to marry?
(a) The Reverend.
(b) The miller.
(c) The baker.
(d) The carpenter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elke bring to the tailor in Chapter 11?

2. What does the young maiden try to do to the tailor's leg at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

4. What happens when the tailor tries to return the item to the old woman in Chapter 3?

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

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