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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marie start to feel towards the contractor?
(a) Lust.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sadness.

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

3. Who manages the business office at the Durant School?
(a) Marie.
(b) Henry.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Amy.

4. What does Charlie criticize Dara for in regards to Marie in Part I?
(a) Needling Marie about her weight.
(b) Being too easy on Marie.
(c) Not giving Marie enough money to live on.
(d) Being prickly and tough with Marie.

5. Who does Dara think is the strongest of the people around her?
(a) Helga.
(b) Dara.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Marie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Charlie tell Dara the contractor will get the job done fast?

2. What starts the fire at the dance studio?

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

4. Which of the following did Dara's mother used to tell them about ballerinas?

5. What type of dance do the Durants specialize in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Charlie's health problems and how did he develop them?

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

3. How do Charlie, Dara and Marie make the choice to not only repair, but expand, the studio?

4. What has Marie done recently, before the start of the book, that Charlie and Dara are stung by?

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

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

7. What relationship do Dara, Marie and Charlie have for the longest time, until recently, in Part I?

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

9. What does Dara remember about her mother's and father's relationship?

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

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