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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. In Chapter 5, what kind of pastry does Danny's father say he loved in his old neighborhood in New York?
(a) Crullers.
(b) Cake.
(c) Eclairs.
(d) Croissants.

2. In Chapter 3, what does Maeve tell her father is not hers and Danny's responsibility?
(a) To keep the books for the business.
(b) To take care of Andrea's daughters.
(c) To keep their grades up.
(d) To pay the housekeeping staff.

3. What does Maeve's and Danny's old neighbor tell them about Andrea in Chapter 4?
(a) She never waves or smiles and she seems like a very sad person.
(b) She has plans to move out of the Dutch House.
(c) She is the friendliest neighbor she could wish for.
(d) She can often be heard screaming at her girls.

4. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father tell him when Danny asks why his mother left?
(a) She never should have had children.
(b) She had a free spirit.
(c) She was crazy.
(d) She was a lesbian.

5. What does the ceiling of the dining room at Dutch House look like?
(a) It has the biggest chandelier Danny has ever seen.
(b) It is intensely blue, with gold gilt leaves.
(c) It is mosaic.
(d) It is a copper ceiling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the family that originally built the Dutch House?

2. Where does Maeve go to college?

3. Who performed the wedding ceremony for Andrea and Cyril Conroy?

4. What does Maeve tell Andrea in Chapter 6 when Andrea's plans for the future become clear?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Andrea tell Maeve and Danny about the Dutch House?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Danny do every Saturday with his father, and why is it important?

2. What is the significance of the two large portraits hanging in the drawing room of the Dutch House?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father tell him when Danny finally gets up the courage to ask why his mother left?

4. Why is the Dutch House called the Dutch House?

5. In Chapter 2, how does Danny say he feels about his mother?

6. In Chapter 5, what is different about Danny's father's demeanor when they meet Maeve for dinner?

7. In Chapter 1, what aspect of the house does Andrea express concern and misgivings about?

8. In Chapter 6, how do Sandy and Jocelyn react to Andrea's instructions for Danny and Maeve to leave the house and never come back?

9. In Chapter 7, what do Danny and Maeve find out is the one way in which their father sought to provide for them after his death?

10. What does Danny remember about Fluffy in Chapter 1?

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