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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 begin commenting on in the end of Part II to Dara that makes her instantly very upset?
(a) Her finances.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her relationship and closeness with Marie and Charlie.
(d) Her smoking habits.

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

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

4. Why does Dara think Marie started wearing leotards?
(a) To impress the students.
(b) For the photographer who was coming to take pictures of the studio.
(c) To help her gain control of her weight.
(d) To entice Derek.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What area of the dance school burns the worst in the fire?

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

3. What does Marie do to her appearance in Part II that shocks Dara and Charlie?

4. What do Dara and Charlie have for breakfast in Part II together?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are Charlie's health problems and how did he develop them?

6. What relationship do Dara, Marie and Charlie have for the longest time, until recently, in Part I?

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

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

9. Why does Dara refuse to touch students past a certain age?

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

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