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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do male dancers often wear under their costumes?

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

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

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

5. Where does Marie live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Dara not want Marie to share with Derek in Part II about their lives?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Part II, what begins to happen between Marie and Derek?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why do Dara, Charlie, and Marie decide to expand their dance studio instead of just repairing Studio B after the fire there? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does the Durant house seem to symbolize to Dara, Charlie, and Marie? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What terrible memories and truths does Marie finally force Dara to confront in the end of the novel, and how does the sisters' relationship change in the aftermath of these revelations? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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