1. Why does Fluffy tell Danny and Celeste she never smoked?
(a) She hated the taste of smoke.
(b) Her father died of lung cancer.
(c) Mrs. VanHoebeek, who Fluffy took car of, died of emphysema.
(d) Her mother died of lung cancer.

2. What does Andrea propose about Danny's and his father's trip in Chapter 5?
(a) She wants to go along with them and to bring her daughters, too.
(b) She threatens to divorce Cyril if he goes without her.
(c) She does not want them to go.
(d) She has arranged for them all to take another holiday skiing up north at the same time.

3. 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.

4. In Chapter 5, why is Maeve so amazed that her father showed Danny where their mother used to live?
(a) She did not know their father even knew where her mother used to live.
(b) She thought her father had been so angry he would never speak about their mother again.
(c) She thought her father was too hurt and saddened by their mother to ever speak of her again.
(d) All the times Maeve had asked for information about their mother, he never told her anything.

5. Who performed the wedding ceremony for Andrea and Cyril Conroy?
(a) A priest.
(b) A priest and a rabbi.
(c) A judge no one in the family knew.
(d) A rabbi.