The Three Spinners — Questions and answers

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Why did Princess Amara go to see the three spinners?

Choices

  1. To learn how to knit a sweater.
  2. To find a hidden treasure.
  3. To get help with a curse threatening her land. ✓
  4. To ask for directions to Oakhaven.

Answer: To get help with a curse threatening her land.

From page 1

What was the Sunstone, according to Silas?

Choices

  1. A shiny rock King Oberon found.
  2. The source of the land's light. ✓
  3. A type of withered crop.
  4. A legend about altering fate.

Answer: The source of the land's light.

From page 2

What did the spinners tell Amara about changing fate?

Choices

  1. It is free and easy.
  2. It requires a fun game.
  3. It is not without cost and needs balance. ✓
  4. It will make everyone happy.

Answer: It is not without cost and needs balance.

From page 3

What did Greta, the weaver of destinies, ask Amara to offer?

Choices

  1. A silver amulet from her throat.
  2. A memory of triumph or a hard-won victory. ✓
  3. Her strong arms to work the loom.
  4. Her hesitation and fear.

Answer: A memory of triumph or a hard-won victory.

From page 4

What kind of sacrifice did Helga, the knitter of secrets, demand from Amara?

Choices

  1. A piece of knitted shadow.
  2. A soft whisper.
  3. A truth, like a whispered confidence or a silent regret. ✓
  4. Her nimble fingers.

Answer: A truth, like a whispered confidence or a silent regret.

From page 5

What did Bronwyn, the spinner of time, ask Amara to offer?

Choices

  1. Her gleaming eyes.
  2. Polished obsidian.
  3. A future, like an unfulfilled promise or an unrealized dream. ✓
  4. Her gasp and recoil.

Answer: A future, like an unfulfilled promise or an unrealized dream.

From page 6

What important advice did Silas give Princess Amara?

Choices

  1. To remember words from Steve Jobs.
  2. That the Sunstone is the only light they need.
  3. Their strength is in endless time.
  4. Their strength is in courage to face the dark now, not just the Sunstone. ✓

Answer: Their strength is in courage to face the dark now, not just the Sunstone.

From page 7

Where did Amara and Silas find the Sunstone?

Choices

  1. In the spinner's cavern.
  2. Hidden beneath the King's empty throne. ✓
  3. In the village of Oakhaven.
  4. On Amara's wrist.

Answer: Hidden beneath the King's empty throne.

From page 8

What did Amara sacrifice to break the curse and make the Sunstone light up?

Choices

  1. A dark tendril.
  2. Her courage and determination.
  3. A lock of her own hair. ✓
  4. A lesson from the weavers.

Answer: A lock of her own hair.

From page 9

What did Princess Amara prove was the greatest magic in the end?

Choices

  1. Bargaining away her future.
  2. Altering fate with the spinners.
  3. The enduring light of her courage. ✓
  4. Making the spinners' looms turn.

Answer: The enduring light of her courage.

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