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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who manages the business office at the Durant School?
2. Who wrote The Nutcracker?
3. How did Mr. and Mrs. Durant die?
4. What did Dara's mother call the worn chaise in the bedroom?
5. Who is Dara married to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dara think about as the major differences between herself and Marie?
2. What has Marie done recently, before the start of the book, that Charlie and Dara are stung by?
3. How do Dara's and Marie's parents die?
4. How do Charlie, Marie and Dara originally meet?
5. What relationship do Dara, Marie and Charlie have for the longest time, until recently, in Part I?
6. What does Dara remember about her mother's and father's relationship?
7. In Part II, what begins to happen between Marie and Derek?
8. What does Dara not want Marie to share with Derek in Part II about their lives?
9. How do the other students at the dance school generally treat the girl who is cast as Clara?
10. How do Charlie, Dara and Marie make the choice to not only repair, but expand, the studio?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Charlie explain his transgressions and mistakes to Dara just before his suicide, and how does Dara react to these explanations? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What is Dara's overriding impression and memory of hers and Marie's mother? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How do the other students treat Bailey Bloom after she is cast as Clara in The Nutcracker, and what does this behavior reveal about the nature of ballet and its students, in Dara's opinion? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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