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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 does Charlie say they should make sure of regarding Benny and Gaspar?

2. What does Charlie say about Derek early in Part III?

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

4. What theater does the Durant School always hold The Nutcracker at?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Dara eventually realize her mother never cast herself or Marie as Clara in The Nutcracker?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

What does Marie do in the early part of the novel that causes such strife between herself and her sister Dara? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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