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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. How did Mr. and Mrs. Durant die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Plane crash.

2. What is the lead role in the ballet the Durant School produces annually?
(a) The doll.
(b) Clara.
(c) The swan.
(d) The Frog Prince.

3. What does Charlie say when he sees the bruises on Marie's neck?
(a) He reminds her of "Isadora's fate."
(b) He does not say anything.
(c) He tells her her mother would be disappointed in her.
(d) He tells her she cannot teach there any more.

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

5. What does Mrs. Durant say about Marie's dancing?
(a) It is brutal.
(b) It is not lovely, but it is memorable.
(c) It is bad.
(d) It is ethereal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous production do the Durants put on every year at Christmas?

2. What street is Dara's house on?

3. What do dancers sometimes use to sew ribbons to their shoes?

4. How long has Marie been out of the Durant house in Part I?

5. Why do the other students pick on Bailey Bloom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Dara's and Marie's mother devote her life to?

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

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

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