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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 Elke tell the tailor about at the beginning of Chapter 17?

2. Who can Saskia not stop thinking about in Chapter 31?

3. How does the king react to Saskia's work in Chapter 18?

4. What does the tailor comment on in Chapter 20 that leads to a misunderstanding?

5. What is the tailor focused on in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the tailor do in anticipation of his grandchild in Chapter 32?

2. What does Saskia do to make herself less lonely in Chapter 23?

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

4. Why does Saskia try to make the king love her in Chapter 23?

5. What does the king do to Saskia when her father tells him about the gold straw in Chapter 16?

6. What offends the tailor in Chapter 20?

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

8. What does Elke tell Saskia about the tailor in Chapter 31?

9. What does the tailor do when Elke tells him about Saskia's situation in Chapter 17?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the tailor as a character. What are his defining character traits? What is his role in the story? Is he the antagonist of the story? Why or why not? What are his goals and ambitions? What is his relationship like with Saskia?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the conclusion of the novel. Are there any surprises at the end of the novel? Are there any unanswered questions? Did you enjoy the novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflict in the novel "Spinners". Who is in conflict with whom and why? How do these conflicts alter or influence the plot and the characters?

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