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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. What does Saskia discuss with her friend in Chapter 5?
(a) The idea that if her father shaved he could attract a new wife.
(b) That her brother is a prude and she dislikes him.
(c) That her grandfather is very religious and will never allow her to marry.
(d) That her uncle is greedy and spiteful.

2. What does the tailor try to sell in Chapter 8?
(a) His yarns.
(b) His Bible.
(c) His spinning wheel.
(d) His watch.

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

4. What happens to the tailor's leg in Chapter 2?
(a) He cuts his leg on a saw.
(b) A large rock falls on his leg.
(c) It cramps and does not straighten again.
(d) He has it tattooed.

5. What does Saskia's father think of Elke's request in Chapter 12?
(a) He thinks it is a good trade.
(b) He thinks Elke is crazy.
(c) He thinks it would work financially.
(d) He thinks it is a foolish plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the tailor do to satisfy the young maiden's father's doubts?

2. Who is the author of "Spinners"?

3. Who catches the tailor in Chapter 1?

4. How does the young maiden die?

5. Why does Saskia have to sell these things in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the young maiden do when the tailor's leg becomes cramped in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the tailor's actual motives for asking many questions about Saskia in Chapter 13?

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

10. What classic story does "Spinners" borrow elements from?

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