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

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

3. What does Charlie say when he sees the bruises on Marie's neck?
(a) He tells her she cannot teach there any more.
(b) He reminds her of "Isadora's fate."
(c) He does not say anything.
(d) He tells her her mother would be disappointed in her.

4. How does Charlie get injured?
(a) From dance.
(b) In a swimming accident.
(c) When a crane falls on him.
(d) In a car accident.

5. What does Marie do to her appearance in Part II that shocks Dara and Charlie?
(a) Gets tattoos.
(b) Dyes her hair blonde.
(c) Buys and wears tight clothes.
(d) Shaves her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Bloom do the previous year that Charlie brings up in Part I as being odd?

2. How does Marie break in toe shoes?

3. How does Mrs. Durant tell Dara to think about a dancer's turnout?

4. What habit do Dara, Marie and Charlie share?

5. How does Charlie get to his physical therapy appointments?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do dancers' feet usually look and feel?

3. How do the parents at the school of dance generally interact with Dara?

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

5. What does Marie tell Dara about her affair with Derek?

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

7. What does Dara not want Marie to share with Derek in Part II about their lives?

8. What was the third floor of the dance studio originally for?

9. What does Dara's, Charlie's, and Marie's house look like?

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

(see the answer keys)

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