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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. Why does this happen to the tailor's leg in Chapter 2?

2. How does Saskia accidentally cut her father's cheek?

3. What does Saskia discuss with her friend in Chapter 5?

4. What does Saskia ask Dagmar's mother to help her do in Chapter 9?

5. What does Saskia's father discover that shocks him in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Saskia have to do when her father becomes depressed?

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

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

5. Who is Elke?

6. What does the tailor realize while talking to Elke in Chapter 11?

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

8. Why doesn't the tailor invite Elke inside his house in Chapter 11?

9. Who does the maiden marry instead of the tailor in Chapter 4?

10. Why does the tailor leave the family in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel. In what way is the setting an important aspect of this story? How do the different settings in the novel contrast with one another?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of betrayal in the novel "Spinners". Who betrays who and why? How do these examples of betrayal impact the characters who are betrayed?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the symbolism in the novel "Spinners". What are some examples of symbolism in the novel? What does the spinning wheel symbolize? What does the tailor's deformed leg symbolize?

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