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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. Why does Saskia do whatever she can to make the king love her in Chapter 23?
(a) Because she loves him.
(b) To make the other maidens jealous.
(c) She wants his riches.
(d) To protect herself against his wrath should he ever learn of her secret.

2. Where does the king take Saskia when they meet on the road in Chapter 22?
(a) To her father's house.
(b) To the tailor's cottage.
(c) To Dagmar's house.
(d) Back to his castle.

3. What will the tailor do if Saskia gives him what he wants in Chapter 20?
(a) He will spin the last room of straw into gold.
(b) He will leave the village forever.
(c) He will make Saskia immortal.
(d) He will kill the king.

4. What happens that Saskia hoped would not in Chapter 29?
(a) Dagmar resigns.
(b) She becomes pregnant again.
(c) The miller dies.
(d) The tailor shows up for her firstborn.

5. What does the tailor do when he becomes enraged in Chapter 33?
(a) He stomps on the floor.
(b) He spits.
(c) He throws a chair.
(d) He picks up a weapon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tailor do while spinning in Chapter 17?

2. What does the tailor plan to do after completing his preparations in Chapter 32?

3. What does the tailor do as he anticipates seeing his grandchild(ren) in Chapter 32?

4. What does Elke finally tell the tailor in Chapter 24?

5. How does the king react to Saskia's work in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the tailor anticipate in Chapter 32?

2. What does the tailor do to Saskia in Chapter 33?

3. Why does Saskia run away from Dagmar's home in Chapter 22?

4. What does the miller tell the King that his wife once told him in Chapter 15?

5. How does the novel "Spinners" end?

6. Why does the miller lie about what Saskia can do with the yarn in Chapter 15?

7. Why does the king ask Saskia to marry him in Chapter 21? How does she reply to his proposal?

8. What has brought Saskia and Dagmar closer together in Chapter 14?

9. What happens on the second night in Chapter 31?

10. What does the tailor offer Saskia the chance to do in Chapter 29?

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