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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 Marie try to get Derek to do just before Charlie attacks him?
(a) Come upstairs to her attic room.
(b) Dance with her.
(c) Listen to music with her.
(d) Go to lunch.

2. Where does Dara say Marie needs to come after Derek's death?
(a) To her grandmother's.
(b) Home with her and Charlie.
(c) To the Ballenger.
(d) To Charlie's mother's house.

3. What does Dara take early in Part III to help her sleep?
(a) Nyquil.
(b) Some of Charlie's pills.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A dose of soothing tea.

4. What does Derek say he wants to do for Marie in Part IV?
(a) Buy Marie a new car.
(b) Marry Marie.
(c) Take Marie on vacation.
(d) Help her get back her share of the house.

5. Who comes to see Dara at the end of Nutcracker practice?
(a) Charlie.
(b) James.
(c) The police detectives.
(d) Jennifer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language are many ballet terms in that Dara uses?

2. What is one of the strange things the police seem to pick up in in the story about Derek's death?

3. What does Dara find out from Randi about Derek that she did not know before?

4. What was Marie's favorite part of The Nutcracker book?

5. What was The Nutcracker, first and foremost?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dara tell Charlie and Marie that people must never find out about in the wake of Derek's death?

2. What does Corbin keep asking Dara to do that Dara refuses to do in class with him?

3. How does Randi tell Dara she knows Derek, and why does she come to the studio?

4. What do Benny and Gaspar tell Dara after Derek's death?

5. Why does Dara tell Charlie in Part III that they have to fire Derek?

6. In Part III, what does Derek start to suggest to Dara that enrages and scares Dara?

7. What does Dara learn from the newspaper report of Derek's death that unsettles her?

8. What do Dara, Charlie and Marie tell the police about Derek's death?

9. How does Dara react to Mrs. Bloom's story about Derek?

10. What does Dara's mother tell Dara and Marie is an essential part of being a serious dancer?

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