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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What habit do Dara, Marie and Charlie share?
(a) Cutting themselves.
(b) Pulling out their hair.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Singing in the shower.

2. Who lived with the Durants from a young age?
(a) James.
(b) Amy.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Henry.

3. Who teaches the younger students at the Durant School?
(a) Amy.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Dara.
(d) Marie.

4. Why does Marie grow upset with Derek in Part II?
(a) He steals money from her.
(b) He is too enamored with her.
(c) He is not around as much as she would like him to be.
(d) He makes her take drugs with him.

5. What does Derek walk in on Dara doing several times in Part II?
(a) Eating.
(b) Teaching Corbin.
(c) Drinking wine.
(d) Sleeping.

6. What advice does Dara give Bailey about her dancing?
(a) To shut the haters out and listen only to Dara.
(b) To try to think about being stronger.
(c) To listen to the music.
(d) To dance only for herself.

7. What did Dara's mother call the worn chaise in the bedroom?
(a) The coffin.
(b) The cushion.
(c) The fainting sofa.
(d) The square.

8. Which contractor do the Durants eventually hire?
(a) Derek.
(b) James.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jennifer.

9. What does the contractor persuade the Durants to do?
(a) Not only repair, but expand, their studio.
(b) Hire extra people for their project.
(c) Tear down the studio.
(d) Sell him the studio.

10. Who has recently moved out the Durant house?
(a) Amy.
(b) Marie.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Dara.

11. Where did Marie go for the brief time she left the Durant house?
(a) To Las Vegas.
(b) To try to start her own dance school.
(c) She would never say.
(d) Abroad.

12. What does Dara see that shocks her when she arrives early at the dance studio in Part II?
(a) Marie and Derek having sex.
(b) Another fire.
(c) Children who had been there overnight.
(d) A room full of guns.

13. What has Derek started asking Dara about that makes her nervous in the end of Part II?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her house.
(c) Her health.
(d) Her marriage.

14. When was the Durant School of Dance founded?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1975.

15. How does Mrs. Durant tell Dara to think about a dancer's turnout?
(a) As a trial.
(b) As the dancer opening herself to the audience.
(c) As a test.
(d) As a necessity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pepper tell Dara that Bailey should not be Clara in The Nutcracker?

2. What does Marie start to feel towards the contractor?

3. What did Marie tell Dara when they were children and talked about their own bodies?

4. Who is cast as the prince?

5. What thought about Marie makes Dara sad before she pushes it away in Part II?

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