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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, who was with Cyril Conroy when he fell ill?
(a) Elna Conroy.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Jocelyn.
(d) Mr. Brennan, who worked for him.

2. What Broadway show does Andrea want to see with her daughters in Chapter 5?
(a) Fiddler on the Roof.
(b) The Music Man.
(c) West Side Story.
(d) The Sound of Music.

3. Who was the family that originally built the Dutch House?
(a) The Van Hoebeeks.
(b) The Van Amsterdams.
(c) The Van Helsings.
(d) The Conroys.

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

5. What happens to Maeve right after her and Danny's mother leaves for good?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She joins the army.
(c) She attempts suicide.
(d) She develops diabetes.

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

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

8. In Chapter 7, what does Lawyer Gooch tell Maeve and Danny their father has set up for Danny?
(a) Danny is a partial partner in his father's company.
(b) He left Danny one of his buildings to manage.
(c) An education trust to benefit Danny for his college education, as well as for Norma and Bright, Andrea's daughters.
(d) He left Danny his car and a house no one else knew about.

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

10. In Chapter 5, what kind of restaurant does Danny's father take him and Maeve to?
(a) A Mexican restaurant.
(b) A sushi restaurant.
(c) An Ethiopian restaurant.
(d) An Italian restaurant.

11. Who cries at the end of Chapter 4 when Andrea's bedroom rearrangements are revealed to Maeve?
(a) Maeve.
(b) Bright.
(c) Danny.
(d) Norma.

12. In Chapter 6, where does Maeve go to work after her graduation from college?
(a) Jansen's Sausages.
(b) Swanson's Meats.
(c) Otterson's Frozen Vegetables.
(d) Bertie's Pastries.

13. Who came to tell Danny and Maeve their father wanted them to meet Andrea the first time she came to the house in Chapter 1?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Elna.
(c) Fluffy.
(d) Jocelyn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Cyril Conroy not have a will?

2. What are the names of Andrea's daughters?

3. In Chapter 2, what is Danny's mother's behavior leading up to her leaving the family?

4. In Chapter 5, why is Danny excited about his father taking him to visit Maeve at college?

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

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