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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. Why is Charlie upset with Marie in Part II?

2. Who is cast as the prince?

3. Where did Dara's and Marie's mother have a space of her own that was private?

4. Who has recently moved out the Durant house?

5. What does Dara see that shocks her when she arrives early at the dance studio in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dara notice about Marie when she is around Derek, the contractor?

2. Why does Dara refuse to touch students past a certain age?

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

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

5. What begins to go wrong with the contractor, Derek, at the dance studio in Part II?

6. In Part II, what begins to happen between Marie and Derek?

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

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

9. What happens at the dance school in Part I that sets Dara, Marie and Charlie on a terrible trajectory?

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

Why does Dara believe that she is the strongest of the three of them, herself, Charlie, and Marie, and in what ways does Dara assert her dominance between the three of them? 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 are some of the traumas and difficulties Dara, Charlie and Marie survived in the aftermath of living with Mr. and Mrs. Durant? How do each of these characters remember their childhoods together in the Durant house? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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