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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. Who is Saskia?
(a) The miller's sister.
(b) The miller's granddaughter.
(c) The miller's niece.
(d) The miller's daughter.

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

3. What does Saskia use of her mother's in Chapter 9?
(a) Her techniques.
(b) Her dress.
(c) Her yarn.
(d) Her low spinning wheel.

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

5. What does the tailor give to the young maiden in Chapter 4?
(a) A flower.
(b) A dress.
(c) A poem.
(d) A ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the tailor hope to find refuge in Chapter 8?

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

3. What does the young maiden warn the tailor about in Chapter 1?

4. What does the tailor take from a local spinner in Chapter 2?

5. How does the young maiden die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't the young maiden's father want the tailor to marry his daughter?

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

3. What does Elke assume when the tailor keeps asking her questions about Saskia in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

7. Why doesn't Saskia want to trade wheels with Elke in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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