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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 Charlie tell Derek in Part IV that seems to make Derek panic for a moment?
(a) He knows Derek has a wife.
(b) He knows Derek is in debt.
(c) He knows Derek is not Derek's real name.
(d) He knows who Derek is.

2. What did Marie's first postcard from her trip say when she left?
(a) She needed money.
(b) She was coming home for Christmas.
(c) Her first stop was Greece.
(d) Nothing, it was just her name.

3. When did Dara and Charlie first begin making plans to leave the Durant house?
(a) A few days after Dara discovered her mother sexually abusing Charlie.
(b) After Marie left for the first time.
(c) After Dara's father died.
(d) After Dara's mother had a heart attack.

4. Where did Charlie once consider taking an apprenticeship?
(a) The Wyndingham.
(b) The Sarasota Ballet.
(c) The Sycamore Ballet.
(d) The Faron.

5. What kind of car had Dara's and Marie's parents been driving during their accident?
(a) A Buick.
(b) A Subaru.
(c) A Chevy.
(d) A Chrysler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was The Nutcracker, first and foremost?

2. What makes Dara nervous in the newspaper article she sees during Nutcracker rehearsal?

3. What did Dara see her mother doing with Charlie once when she was a teenager?

4. What does Charlie tell Derek to do when he begins talking about their house in Part IV at the studio?

5. What does Dara take early in Part III to help her sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dara's mother tell Dara and Marie is an essential part of being a serious dancer?

2. What does Dara repeatedly recall from her childhood and going to the carnival with her sister and father?

3. Why does Dara tell Charlie in Part III that they have to fire Derek?

4. What does Dara tell Charlie and Marie that people must never find out about in the wake of Derek's death?

5. What helps Charlie the most with his pain?

6. In Part III, what does Derek start to suggest to Dara that enrages and scares Dara?

7. What does Marie tell Dara about their parents' death that surprises Dara?

8. What does Charlie do once a month in an homage to Dara's mother?

9. What does Corbin keep asking Dara to do that Dara refuses to do in class with him?

10. Why does Dara eventually realize her mother never cast herself or Marie as Clara in The Nutcracker?

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