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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. What does she plan to do to fulfill her promise to herself in Chapter 12?

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

3. Why does the tailor leave his new home at the end of Chapter 7?

4. Why does the tailor want to trade his spinning wheel for the other item in Chapter 11?

5. What does the tailor give to the young maiden in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the tailor discover when he returns home in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

8. Who is Elke?

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

10. Why does Saskia cut her father's hair in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summarize the "Rumpelstiltskin" fairy tale. Discuss which elements of the fairy tale Napoli incorporates into her novel as well the effectiveness of these elements in the story.

Essay Topic 2

What is the genre of the novel? What are elements commonly found in this type of novel? What are some other examples of works of this genre? What similarities do these works share with the novel "Spinners"?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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