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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Charlie get to his physical therapy appointments?
(a) Dara drives him.
(b) He drives himself.
(c) By taxi.
(d) Marie drives him.

2. How did Mr. and Mrs. Durant die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Plane crash.

3. What does Mrs. Bloom call the color of her blonde hair?
(a) Bombastic.
(b) Fallow.
(c) Hot buttered blonde.
(d) Honey Blonde.

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

5. Where does Marie live?
(a) Her boyfriend's house.
(b) The dance studio.
(c) Her car.
(d) An apartment building.

6. What does Dara do with Marie's new scarf?
(a) Throws it away.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Gives it to a student.
(d) Hides it.

7. What must every dancer achieve?
(a) Turnout.
(b) Arabesque.
(c) Grand jete.
(d) Broken bones.

8. What do Dara and Marie jokingly call Charlie's PT?
(a) Fred.
(b) Helga.
(c) Dara.
(d) Marie.

9. Who wrote The Nutcracker?
(a) Tchaikovsky.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Bach.
(d) Beethoven.

10. What does Marie wear at Charlie's and Dara's wedding?
(a) A pair of dance shorts.
(b) A white dress.
(c) A purple leotard.
(d) A rabbit-fur blanket.

11. Who is cast as the lead female part in the ballet?
(a) Meghan Lyons.
(b) Jennifer Jones.
(c) Bailey Bloom.
(d) Amy Harper.

12. Why is Charlie upset with Marie in Part II?
(a) Over her illnesses.
(b) Over her decision to leave their home.
(c) Over her missing classes.
(d) Over her failure to keep and take accurate attendance.

13. What do dancers use to keep the edges of their ribbons from fraying?
(a) A lighter.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Nail polish.
(d) Glue.

14. What street is Dara's house on?
(a) Spruce.
(b) Pine.
(c) Sycamore.
(d) Elm.

15. What does Mrs. Durant say about Marie's dancing?
(a) It is bad.
(b) It is not lovely, but it is memorable.
(c) It is ethereal.
(d) It is brutal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dara's and Marie's mother have a space of her own that was private?

2. What does Mrs. Durant tell Dara she has become when she achieves her turnout?

3. What does Dara see that shocks her when she arrives early at the dance studio in Part II?

4. What does Charlie say when he sees the bruises on Marie's neck?

5. When was the Durant School of Dance founded?

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