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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 5 - 7).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, who does Maeve turn to for legal advice about the situation with Andrea?
(a) Lawyer Gooch, an old friend of their father's.
(b) A friend's father, who was an estate lawyer.
(c) Maeve and Danny's grandfather, who was also a laywer.
(d) Her boyfriend, who was a lawyer.

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

4. What does Andrea say must be a comfort to Danny's father as she tours the house for the first time in Chapter 1?
(a) The portraits of the Van Hoebeeks.
(b) The fireplaces.
(c) The portraits of the Conroys.
(d) The chandeliers.

5. Why is Maeve's portrait hanging in the Dutch House instead of her mother's?
(a) The family could not afford to pay for more than one portrait.
(b) Maeve begged to have her portrait painted as a child.
(c) Her mother refused to sit for a portrait.
(d) The painter the family hired wanted to paint Maeve for free.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how does Andrea rearrange the bedrooms at Dutch House?

2. What does Andrea tell Maeve when she offers to take the reins of her father's business after he dies?

3. In Chapter 5, what strikes Danny about the place his mother used to live?

4. In Chapter 5, what did Danny's father tell Maeve when she told him she wanted to try to find her mother?

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

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