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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. Who are Derek's sub-contractors?
(a) Henry and Benny.
(b) Benny and James.
(c) Gaspar and Benny.
(d) James and Gaspar.

2. 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 loved her body.
(c) That their mother always criticized Marie's body.
(d) That Marie was unhappy with her body.

3. Why does Charlie tell Dara the contractor will get the job done fast?
(a) He promised he would.
(b) He is smart.
(c) He is in high demand.
(d) He is motivated.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Charlie criticize Dara for in regards to Marie in Part I?

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

4. Which contractor do the Durants eventually hire?

5. What does the contractor persuade the Durants to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the parents at the school of dance generally interact with Dara?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Dara's, Charlie's, and Marie's house look like?

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

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