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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. Who is Elke?

2. What does Elke believe of the tailor's feelings for Saskia in Chapter 13?

3. What does the tailor come to believe about Elke in Chapter 11?

4. Why does Elke bring this object to the tailor in Chapter 11?

5. What does the tailor do to the straw to be able to do what he wants with it in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Saskia's father help out in Chapter 10?

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

3. Who is Elke?

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

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

6. How does Saskia cut her father's cheek in Chapter 5?

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

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

9. What does Saskia's father do while she is spinning threads in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Napoli's use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? Why might Napoli use foreshadowing?

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