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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Derek's sub-contractors?
(a) James and Gaspar.
(b) Benny and James.
(c) Henry and Benny.
(d) Gaspar and Benny.

2. What does Corbin ask Dara to do for him in rehearsal that she will not do?
(a) Change his shoes.
(b) Tell him how to diet.
(c) Yell at him.
(d) Correct his form by touching him.

3. What did Mrs. Bloom do the previous year that Charlie brings up in Part I as being odd?
(a) Went on a long road trip.
(b) Got three new jobs.
(c) Gained a lot of weight.
(d) Dyed her hair blonde.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What must every dancer achieve?

3. Who is cast as the lead female part in the ballet?

4. What does Marie say she wants to buy soon in the end of Part II?

5. What does Dara do with Marie's new scarf?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dara remember about her mother's and father's relationship?

2. Why does Dara wait to tell Charlie about her worries about Marie in Part II?

3. What happens at the dance school in Part I that sets Dara, Marie and Charlie on a terrible trajectory?

4. What does Dara notice about Marie when she is around Derek, the contractor?

5. How do Dara's and Marie's parents die?

6. How do Charlie, Marie and Dara originally meet?

7. What does Dara's and Marie's mother devote her life to?

8. What does Marie do to prepare her own pointe shoes for wear?

9. What does Dara think about as the major differences between herself and Marie?

10. What begins to go wrong with the contractor, Derek, at the dance studio in Part II?

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