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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dara's mother call the worn chaise in the bedroom?
(a) The square.
(b) The cushion.
(c) The fainting sofa.
(d) The coffin.

2. Who wrote The Nutcracker?
(a) Tchaikovsky.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Bach.
(d) Wagner.

3. What do Dara and Charlie have for breakfast in Part II together?
(a) Soft-boiled eggs.
(b) Sausages.
(c) Bagels.
(d) Pancakes.

4. What do dancers sometimes use to sew ribbons to their shoes?
(a) Fishing line.
(b) Dancer's thread.
(c) Burlap.
(d) Dental floss.

5. How does Marie break in toe shoes?
(a) With sticks.
(b) With a hammer.
(c) With water.
(d) With string.

6. What does Mrs. Durant tell Dara she has become when she achieves her turnout?
(a) A woman.
(b) A businessperson.
(c) A scholar.
(d) An angel.

7. What does Marie say she wants to buy soon in the end of Part II?
(a) A television.
(b) A car.
(c) A house.
(d) A new studio.

8. How does Charlie get injured?
(a) From dance.
(b) When a crane falls on him.
(c) In a swimming accident.
(d) In a car accident.

9. What word does Dara use to tell Marie her impression of Marie's affair with Derek?
(a) Pathetic.
(b) Sad.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Angry.

10. What famous production do the Durants put on every year at Christmas?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Swan Lake.
(c) The Nutcracker.
(d) Coppelia.

11. What does Mrs. Bloom call the color of her blonde hair?
(a) Bombastic.
(b) Honey Blonde.
(c) Hot buttered blonde.
(d) Fallow.

12. What do Dara and Marie jokingly call Charlie's PT?
(a) Fred.
(b) Dara.
(c) Helga.
(d) Marie.

13. What do parents start complaining about during the construction at the dance school?
(a) The expenses going up.
(b) Dust.
(c) Their children crying more.
(d) How rude the contractors are.

14. How does Mrs. Durant tell Dara to think about a dancer's turnout?
(a) As a necessity.
(b) As the dancer opening herself to the audience.
(c) As a test.
(d) As a trial.

15. What did Marie tell Dara when they were children and talked about their own bodies?
(a) That Marie had something in her body no one else had.
(b) That Marie was unhappy with her body.
(c) That Marie loved her body.
(d) That their mother always criticized Marie's body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has recently moved out the Durant house?

2. Who is cast as the lead female part in the ballet?

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

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

5. Why is Charlie upset with Marie in Part II?

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