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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. Why is it difficult for Cyril Conroy to go up and down stairs in Chapter 4?
(a) He has a bad back.
(b) He uses crutches.
(c) He has broken his ankle.
(d) He has a bad knee.

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

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

4. Who comes to visit Maeve and Danny at Maeve's apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) Sandy and Jocelyn.
(b) Norma.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Fluffy.

5. In Chapter 5, how does Danny's father end up handling his trip to see Maeve at college?
(a) Danny's father hires a car to drive him.
(b) Danny's father drives him to the city himself, just the two of them, before Andrea realizes they have left without her.
(c) Danny's father cancels Danny's trip.
(d) Danny's father relents to Andrea's demands and they all go into the city together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maeve's and Danny's old neighbor tell them about Andrea in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 5, why is Maeve so amazed that her father showed Danny where their mother used to live?

3. What year was the construction on the Dutch House finished in?

4. In Chapter 6, where is Cyril Conroy when he falls ill?

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

(see the answer key)

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