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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Her mother refused to sit for a portrait.
(d) The family could not afford to pay for more than one portrait.

2. In Chapter 2, who is the person in Danny's life that is closest to a mother figure?
(a) Fluffy.
(b) Jocelyn.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Maeve.

3. For what holiday does Danny visit Maeve in Chapter 5?
(a) Easter.
(b) The Fourth of July.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

4. In Chapter 2, what does Danny's father do upon finding a tenant with a very sick child?
(a) Tells the family they are evicted that very day.
(b) Picks up the child and drives them to the hospital himself.
(c) Calls a doctor and leaves immediately.
(d) He does nothing, but only leaves them to their own devices.

5. What animals were infesting the Dutch House when Danny's family moved in?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Deer.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Rats.

6. 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 was crazy.
(d) She had a free spirit.

7. In Chapter 5, what did Danny's father tell Maeve when she told him she wanted to try to find her mother?
(a) She should think of her mother as dead.
(b) She should go and try to find her.
(c) If she went to try to find her, she was not allowed back in the house.
(d) Andrea would not allow Maeve to go to try to find her mother.

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

9. In Chapter 2, what is Danny's mother's behavior leading up to her leaving the family?
(a) She takes more and more education.
(b) She is absent for longer and longer periods.
(c) She stays in bed all the time.
(d) She yells at the workers in the house often.

10. 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.

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

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

13. Where does Maeve go to college?
(a) Temple.
(b) Smith.
(c) Sarah Lawrence.
(d) Barnard.

14. Which neighbor do Maeve and Danny see when they park at the Dutch House in Chapter 5?
(a) Jocelyn.
(b) Mrs. Buchsbaum.
(c) Mr. Norcross.
(d) Sandy.

15. In Chapter 5, what strikes Danny about the place his mother used to live?
(a) It is far more luxurious than he was led to believe.
(b) There are bars on the window.
(c) It looks like it has no heat or electricity.
(d) The front door is broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the family that originally built the Dutch House?

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

3. What Broadway show does Andrea want to see with her daughters in Chapter 5?

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

5. In Chapter 5, what kind of pastry does Danny's father say he loved in his old neighborhood in New York?

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