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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 Dara find out from Randi about Derek that she did not know before?
(a) He has a wife.
(b) He is not licensed.
(c) He has been divorced twice.
(d) He is also a lawyer.

2. What do the police tell Dara, Charlie and Marie not to do in the wake of Derek's death?
(a) Take out large sums of money.
(b) Use the spiral staircase.
(c) Eat too much.
(d) Travel.

3. What does Derek say that prompts Charlie to attack Derek?
(a) He tells Charlie he and Dara have slept together.
(b) He talks about Marie's hair.
(c) He talks about the sexual history between Charlie, Dara and Marie.
(d) He tells Charlie he will blackmail them.

4. What does Marie tell Dara that Dara has that Marie thinks is a bad warning sign in Part III?
(a) A lake.
(b) A studio.
(c) A husband.
(d) A house.

5. Who does Dara want to talk to about Derek after Nutcracker practice at the Ballenger in Part IV?
(a) Mrs. Bloom.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) James.
(d) Randi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Bloom ask Dara?

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

3. What does Derek say he wants to do for Marie in Part IV?

4. What does Bailey do during Nutcracker practice to prove she is tough?

5. What does Gaspar find in the debris of the demolition for the studio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Bloom tell Dara about Derek and Marie that terrifies Dara?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Mrs. Bloom tell Dara about Derek's work in her house?

8. What does Charlie do once a month in an homage to Dara's mother?

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

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

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