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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 6, what does Andrea tell Maeve and Danny about the Dutch House?
(a) It will go to them when she dies.
(b) It is hers entirely, and that their father wanted her to live in it with her daughters.
(c) It will go to only Norma when she dies.
(d) It will go to only Danny when she dies.

4. What is the main feature of Maeve's bedroom in the Dutch House?
(a) A mural.
(b) A chandelier.
(c) A built-in bookcase.
(d) A window seat.

5. What does the ceiling of the dining room at Dutch House look like?
(a) It is intensely blue, with gold gilt leaves.
(b) It is a copper ceiling.
(c) It is mosaic.
(d) It has the biggest chandelier Danny has ever seen.

6. Why did Cyril Conroy not have a will?
(a) He thought Andrea would look after everything for him.
(b) At age 53, he did not think he was old enough to have a will.
(c) Andrea's lawyer advised Cyril not to have his own will.
(d) He thought wills were unnecessary.

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

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

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

10. Where does Danny live after Andrea kicks him out of the Dutch House?
(a) With Sandy.
(b) With Fluffy.
(c) With Jocelyn.
(d) With Maeve at her apartment.

11. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one Saturday that shocks Danny and Maeve?
(a) Crashes her car.
(b) Fires Sandy.
(c) Walks into the house with two young girls.
(d) Buys Danny and Maeve a gift.

12. In Chapter 3, what does Maeve tell her father is not hers and Danny's responsibility?
(a) To pay the housekeeping staff.
(b) To take care of Andrea's daughters.
(c) To keep the books for the business.
(d) To keep their grades up.

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

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

15. What did the Van Hoebeeks make their fortune in?
(a) Railroads.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Coal.
(d) Cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maeve wearing in the portrait of herself in the Dutch House?

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

3. What does Andrea say must be a comfort to Danny's father as she tours the house for the first time in Chapter 1?

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

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

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