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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lawyer Maeve consults tell her her father told him when he advised against going along with Andrea's wishes?
(a) That Andrea would look after Maeve and Danny because she was a good mother.
(b) That Andrea was never after his money, only his heart.
(c) That Andrea would never betray him.
(d) That Andrea was his one true love and he trusted her completely.

2. In Chapter 6, what does Danny remember his father saying about Andrea marrying a Catholic if she hated Catholics so much?
(a) She had wanted to convert to Catholicism.
(b) She had wanted her daughters to be raised Catholic.
(c) She had wanted the Catholic's house.
(d) She had wanted a Catholic burial.

3. Who presides at Cyril Conroy's funeral?
(a) Father Minty.
(b) Father Taffera.
(c) Father McCarthy.
(d) Father Brewer.

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

5. Where did the adults in their lives tell Maeve and Danny their mother went when she left the family?
(a) India.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) Mexico.
(d) China.

6. What is one thing that Danny wishes he and Maeve had taken from the Dutch House the day they left in Chapter 6?
(a) Their stash of money.
(b) Their father's journals.
(c) Their father's cuff links.
(d) Their mother's glass butter dish.

7. In Chapter 3, what happens the first time Andrea leaves Maeve and Danny alone with her two daughters?
(a) Maeve ignores the daughters completely.
(b) Maeve takes the girls to the park.
(c) Maeve is very kind to the daughters and tries to make them feel welcome.
(d) Danny calls the police and tells them the two daughters have been abandoned.

8. In Chapter 6, what do the doctors tell Maeve and Danny is the probably cause of their father's death?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Diabetes.

9. In Chapter 5, how does Maeve wear her hair that Sandy has told her she prefers?
(a) Short, with bangs.
(b) In a bun.
(c) Loose, under a hat.
(d) In a single heavy braid.

10. What does Maeve tell Andrea in Chapter 6 when Andrea's plans for the future become clear?
(a) Andrea will never met another man to marry.
(b) Danny will find a way to get revenge on Andrea.
(c) Maeve will find a way to get back at her.
(d) Andrea's daughters will hate her.

11. In Chapter 1, what does Danny believe that Andrea's reaction to meeting him and Maeve the first time was?
(a) She ignored them.
(b) She embraced them.
(c) Her face fell.
(d) Her face lit up.

12. Who was Danny's father most comfortable with, in Danny's opinion in Chapter 2?
(a) His tenants.
(b) The people in his office.
(c) The other gamblers.
(d) His family.

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

14. How does Maeve tell Danny to get into the city to visit her in Chapter 5?
(a) On the train.
(b) By ferry.
(c) By airplane.
(d) By car.

15. In Chapter 6, what does Andrea think has happened when she finds Maeve, Danny, Sandy and Jocelyn in the kitchen after their father's death?
(a) She thinks one of Sandy's children has died.
(b) She thinks their mother has died.
(c) She thinks Maeve is sicker than everyone thought.
(d) She thinks something might have happened to Bright and Norma.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what kind of restaurant does Danny's father take him and Maeve to?

2. Where does Danny live after Andrea kicks him out of the Dutch House?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father tell him when Danny asks why his mother left?

4. Who cries at the end of Chapter 4 when Andrea's bedroom rearrangements are revealed to Maeve?

5. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one Saturday that shocks Danny and Maeve?

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