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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 Derek begin commenting on in the end of Part II to Dara that makes her instantly very upset?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her finances.
(c) Her smoking habits.
(d) Her relationship and closeness with Marie and Charlie.

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

3. Why does Pepper tell Dara that Bailey should not be Clara in The Nutcracker?
(a) She is not pretty enough.
(b) She is not rich enough.
(c) She is too young.
(d) She is mean.

4. What street is Dara's house on?
(a) Elm.
(b) Sycamore.
(c) Pine.
(d) Spruce.

5. Who is cast as the prince?
(a) Corbin Lesterio.
(b) Marlon Hames.
(c) James Hanely.
(d) Derek Friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Durant say about Marie's dancing?

2. What do dancers use to keep the edges of their ribbons from fraying?

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

4. What did Marie tell Dara when they were children and talked about their own bodies?

5. How does Marie break in toe shoes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Dara think about as the major differences between herself and Marie?

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

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