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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maeve want Danny to go to medical school so badly?
(a) So he can use as much money from the trust as possible and wrest it away from Norma and Bright.
(b) So he can fulfill their father's dream for him.
(c) So he can become a famous doctor.
(d) So he can become wealthy.

2. In Chapter 6, who calls Maeve to tell her that her father has died?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Mrs. Kennedy.
(c) Jocelyn.
(d) Sandy.

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

4. In Chapter 6, why does Andrea call Maeve away from work so suddenly?
(a) She tells her she needs to be the one to fire Sandy and Jocelyn.
(b) She tells her she needs to take Danny from the house with her for good.
(c) She tells her she needs to take Danny and Norma and Bright for good.
(d) She tells her she needs to be the one to put the Dutch House on the market.

5. What does Jocelyn tell Andrea in Chapter 6 when Andrea fires her and Sandy?
(a) That she and Sandy could never figure out what Mr. Conroy had been thinking in marrying Andrea.
(b) That Cyril's ghost would come back to haunt her.
(c) That the community would hate Andrea for this.
(d) That Andrea's daughters would never forgive her.

6. What kind of flowers did Andrea rent for the day for her wedding to Cyril Conroy?
(a) Sunflowers.
(b) Water lilies.
(c) Peonies.
(d) Roses.

7. How old is Andrea when she marries Cyril Conroy?
(a) 41.
(b) 25.
(c) 31.
(d) 50.

8. 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 wants to go along with them and to bring her daughters, too.
(c) She threatens to divorce Cyril if he goes without her.
(d) She does not want them to go.

9. Where does Maeve try to make Danny go with her soon after Danny is kicked out of the Dutch House?
(a) Volunteering at charities.
(b) Work.
(c) Church.
(d) College.

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

11. What explanation does Maeve give to Danny for how she treated Norma and Bright in Chapter 3?
(a) She feels sorry for anyone who is that little.
(b) They are Andrea's daughters, so she hates them.
(c) They are spoiled little girls so they deserve to be treated badly.
(d) They are not her responsibility, so that is why she ignored them.

12. What are the names of Andrea's daughters?
(a) Jenny and Sally.
(b) Kathryn and Angeline.
(c) Norma and Bright.
(d) Fiona and Siobhan.

13. 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) Never to ask, because it violates a person's privacy.
(c) Only to ask if he thought they would be voting for who Danny's father was voting for.
(d) Always to ask, because the answer reveals a person's character.

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

15. In Chapter 5, what does Danny say he and Maeve pretended about the Dutch House?
(a) That what they had lost was the house itself rather than their family - their mother and their father.
(b) That they still loved the house, when neither of them did.
(c) That they wished the house would burn to the ground, which they really did not wish.
(d) That they wished ill on Andrea and her daughters, which only made them feel worse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, who does Maeve turn to for legal advice about the situation with Andrea?

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

3. In Chapter 4, how does Andrea rearrange the bedrooms at Dutch House?

4. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve tell Danny about their mother's reason for leaving?

5. In Chapter 6, what do the doctors tell Maeve and Danny is the probably cause of their father's death?

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