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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. How does Dara know an intruder is in the house?
(a) Sounds of coughing.
(b) A car in the driveway.
(c) Her dog is barking.
(d) Muddy footprints on the stairs.

2. What does The Nutcracker lighting vendor gift Dara, Charlie and Marie every year?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Cointreau.
(d) Cream brandy.

3. What does Dara do before bed every night?
(a) Stretches.
(b) Brushes her hair one hundred times.
(c) Says a prayer.
(d) Wraps her ankle.

4. Who did Marie tell Dara that she saw the night of her own car accident?
(a) Her old music teacher.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Charlie.

5. What does Charlie tell Derek to do when he begins talking about their house in Part IV at the studio?
(a) Put his requests in writing.
(b) Talk to the insurance adjustor.
(c) Talk to his wife.
(d) Leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bailey find in her cubby?

2. What does Marie buy for herself in Part III?

3. What did Dara's and Marie's mother always have on her big bed for the special nights she let them stay there?

4. What happens to set the construction work back in Part III?

5. What does Marie ask Dara and Charlie in regards to Derek's death that they both agree to immediately?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some things the jealous students do to Bailey Bloom in Parts I - III?

2. How does Derek die in Part IV?

3. Why does Dara call Mrs. Bloom in Part III?

4. What did Dara and Marie used to look forward to at the end of The Nutcracker season with their mother?

5. What does Marie do outside that is strange and sad in the immediate aftermath of Derek's death?

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

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

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

9. Why does Bailey Bloom refuse to stop dancing in rehearsal, even after she gets sick?

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

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