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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 Saskia try to convince herself of in Chapter 29?

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

3. How many chances does the tailor give Saskia in Chapter 29?

4. What does Saskia decide after meeting with some trouble in Chapter 22?

5. What does Saskia mistakenly believe the tailor wants from her in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What makes Saskia frightened in Chapter 24?

5. How does the novel "Spinners" end?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to either Saskia or the tailor? What are their roles in the novel?

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

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?

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