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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 area of the dance school burns the worst in the fire?
(a) The ground floor.
(b) Studio B.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The attic.

2. What does Dr. Weston want to discuss with Dara in Part II?
(a) He is worried about there being another fire in the studio.
(b) He is upset the construction is taking so long during Nutcracker season.
(c) He thinks Marie is acting strangely.
(d) He thinks the classes have gotten too expensive.

3. Who does Dara think is the strongest of the people around her?
(a) Helga.
(b) Dara.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Marie.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Derek tell Dara his father used to say about women?

3. Why do the other students pick on Bailey Bloom?

4. Who teaches the younger students at the Durant School?

5. What does Mrs. Durant say about Marie's dancing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do Charlie, Dara and Marie make the choice to not only repair, but expand, the studio?

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

6. Why has Marie been living at the dance studio?

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

8. What has Marie done recently, before the start of the book, that Charlie and Dara are stung by?

9. In Part II, what begins to happen between Marie and Derek?

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

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