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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. How does Dagmar feel about Saskia's pregnancy?

2. What does Saskia tell the miller about in Chapter 31?

3. What does Elke tell the tailor about at the beginning of Chapter 17?

4. What does the tailor do when he becomes enraged in Chapter 33?

5. What is the title of Part 5 of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the tailor anticipate in Chapter 32?

3. What happens on the first night in Chapter 30?

4. What does the tailor do for Saskia in Chapter 18?

5. What does the tailor do in anticipation of the arrival of his grandchild in Chapter 26?

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

7. What does Elke confess to the tailor in Chapter 24?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author of the novel, Donna Jo Napoli. What other works has she received recognition for? Is her work usually similarly-themed? Does she always write in the same genre?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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