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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. What habit do Dara, Marie and Charlie share?

2. What do dancers use to keep the edges of their ribbons from fraying?

3. What does the contractor persuade the Durants to do?

4. Where did Marie go for the brief time she left the Durant house?

5. Why did Dara's mother tell them never to cry over pain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dara think about as the major differences between herself and Marie?

2. How do dancers' feet usually look and feel?

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

4. What does Marie do to prepare her own pointe shoes for wear?

5. How do the other students at the dance school generally treat the girl who is cast as Clara?

6. How do the parents at the school of dance generally interact with Dara?

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

8. How do Charlie, Marie and Dara originally meet?

9. What does Marie tell Dara about her affair with Derek?

10. How do Dara's and Marie's parents die?

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

How does Marie's and Dara's relationship change drastically, once again, in the wake of Derek's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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