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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Danny do for Maeve financially that she appreciates?
(a) Sets up a trust for her retirement.
(b) Buys the house she is renting so that she owns it.
(c) Pays all of her medical bills.
(d) Buys her a diamond ring.

2. Where does Maeve tell Danny she wants him to meet Fluffy soon?
(a) Broadway.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The Hungarian Pastry shop.
(d) The Dutch House.

3. What do Maeve and the person she offers a ride home to from the train station in Chapter 8 talk about on the car journey?
(a) Math.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. How does Danny handle his first time working on a cadaver in medical school?
(a) He refuses to work on a cadaver.
(b) He walks out during the work.
(c) He gets through it, but he throws up afterwards.
(d) He gets through the work with no problems or adverse effects.

5. Why does Fluffy tell Danny and Celeste she never smoked?
(a) Mrs. VanHoebeek, who Fluffy took car of, died of emphysema.
(b) She hated the taste of smoke.
(c) Her father died of lung cancer.
(d) Her mother died of lung cancer.

6. What does Maeve's doctor tell Danny in Chapter 11 about Maeve's condition?
(a) She will need to be on antibiotics for months.
(b) She will need to increase her insulin dosage.
(c) She is probably going to die.
(d) She should have come in two days earlier.

7. In Chapter 13, what does Danny buy Celeste as a surprise?
(a) A brownstone house in Manhattan.
(b) A stained glass window.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

8. What do Celeste and Danny do one last time before they part ways?
(a) Have sex.
(b) Go to church together.
(c) Have dinner.
(d) Visit the cemetery together.

9. On the train home for Thanksgiving in Chapter 8, what do many passengers ask Danny to do for them?
(a) Hold their seats for them.
(b) Lift their luggage onto the overhead racks.
(c) Buy them teas and coffees.
(d) Take their coats for them.

10. What does Danny notice about Fluffy's physical reaction to embarrassment?
(a) She sweats profusely.
(b) She eats everything in sight.
(c) She faints.
(d) She blushes deeply.

11. In Chapter 10, what does Maeve tell Danny about the Dutch House that he never knew?
(a) Their father had overbid considerably to buy it.
(b) Their father had bought it without telling their mother.
(c) Their father had bought it from his own father.
(d) Their mother had bought it without telling their father.

12. Who does Maeve offer to give a ride home to at the train station the night before Thanksgiving in Chapter 8?
(a) Celeste.
(b) Fluffy.
(c) Jocelyn.
(d) Elna.

13. What does Fluffy tell Danny about his mother in Chapter 12?
(a) She is alive and living nearby.
(b) She is remarried with other children.
(c) She has been dead for 20 years.
(d) She is still living in India.

14. In Chapter 13, who does Danny hire as a nanny?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Fluffy.
(c) Bright.
(d) Jocelyn.

15. What is Dr. Able's wife's name?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Alice.
(d) Kelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Celeste tell Danny she would like to do in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 15, what makes Maeve and Danny not want to return to the Dutch House after their last visit?

3. In what month do Celeste and Danny get married?

4. What upsets Celeste about Maeve's and Danny's relationship?

5. In Chapter 8, what subject does Danny struggle with?

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