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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. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father tell him about asking people who they are voting for?
(a) Only to ask if Danny thought he would like the answer.
(b) Only to ask if he thought they would be voting for who Danny's father was voting for.
(c) Always to ask, because the answer reveals a person's character.
(d) Never to ask, because it violates a person's privacy.

2. In Chapter 6, where does Danny feel most at home?
(a) In the Dutch House.
(b) At the charity where he volunteers.
(c) At medical school.
(d) On a building site.

3. 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.

4. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve tell Danny about their mother's reason for leaving?
(a) She hated the Dutch House.
(b) She was sick of their father's attitudes towards money.
(c) She thought their father worked way too much and that it was hurting their family.
(d) She had met someone else and wanted to run away with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maeve go to college?

2. Why does Maeve want Danny to go to medical school so badly?

3. In Chapter 2, where does Danny go with his father every Saturday?

4. Why is Maeve's portrait hanging in the Dutch House instead of her mother's?

5. In Chapter 6, where does Maeve go to work after her graduation from college?

(see the answer key)

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