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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Chapters 1 - 4).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what is Danny's mother's behavior leading up to her leaving the family?
(a) She stays in bed all the time.
(b) She is absent for longer and longer periods.
(c) She takes more and more education.
(d) She yells at the workers in the house often.

2. What are the names of Andrea's daughters?
(a) Jenny and Sally.
(b) Norma and Bright.
(c) Kathryn and Angeline.
(d) Fiona and Siobhan.

3. What did the Van Hoebeeks make their fortune in?
(a) Cars.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Coal.
(d) Railroads.

4. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one Saturday that shocks Danny and Maeve?
(a) Crashes her car.
(b) Walks into the house with two young girls.
(c) Fires Sandy.
(d) Buys Danny and Maeve a gift.

5. What does Maeve's father tell her after she becomes very ill with diabetes?
(a) She has to stop this.
(b) She may need to live at the hospital instead of at home.
(c) If she can get better herself, her mother will return.
(d) She will have only the best doctors see her at the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What boarding school does Danny attend for high school?

2. What animals were infesting the Dutch House when Danny's family moved in?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Danny believe that Andrea's reaction to meeting him and Maeve the first time was?

4. What is the main feature of Maeve's bedroom in the Dutch House?

5. What explanation does Maeve give to Danny for how she treated Norma and Bright in Chapter 3?

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