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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, why is Maeve in the hospital?
(a) She had a heart attack.
(b) She was in a car accident.
(c) She has a bad infection that started in her arm and has spread.
(d) She had a bad blood sugar episode.

2. In Chapter 8, what subject does Danny struggle with?
(a) Writing.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Biology.
(d) Chemistry.

3. In Chapter 13, whose names do not appear on Danny's wedding invitation?
(a) His mother's and father's.
(b) Just his father's.
(c) Just his mother's.
(d) His own name.

4. In Chapter 10, what does Maeve tell Danny about the Dutch House that he never knew?
(a) Their mother had bought it without telling their father.
(b) Their father had overbid considerably to buy it.
(c) Their father had bought it from his own father.
(d) Their father had bought it without telling their mother.

5. What is Fluffy's first name?
(a) Aoife.
(b) Belle.
(c) Siobhan.
(d) Fiona.

6. What upsets Celeste about Maeve's and Danny's relationship?
(a) She thinks Maeve wants to steal their money.
(b) She thinks Maeve is too involved in their lives.
(c) She thinks Maeve is too bohemian for them.
(d) She thinks Maeve has a drug problem.

7. What does Danny notice about Fluffy's physical reaction to embarrassment?
(a) She blushes deeply.
(b) She sweats profusely.
(c) She faints.
(d) She eats everything in sight.

8. What do Maeve and the person she offers a ride home to from the train station in Chapter 8 talk about on the car journey?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Math.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Chemistry.

9. What do the doctors use to track Maeve's infection in Chapter 11?
(a) A new machine that the hospital has just bought.
(b) A black marker on her arm.
(c) A chart with lots of different markings.
(d) A special scale.

10. How does Danny's father find out about the first land deal he makes?
(a) His businessman grandfather tells him.
(b) A stockbroker friend tells him.
(c) His lawyer tells him.
(d) A boy who was next to him in an army hospital in France lets him in on inside information that proves correct.

11. What does Celeste compare Danny's and Maeve's visits to the Dutch House to?
(a) Hansel and Gretel.
(b) Thumbelina.
(c) The Little Rich Boy.
(d) The Prince and the Pauper.

12. How does Celeste react when Danny tells her he does not want to go along with her plans for them in Chapter 9?
(a) She becomes enraged and throws a wineglass at him.
(b) She asks him why he will not help her.
(c) She tells him she already has someone else she is engaged to.
(d) She tells him never to speak to her again and walks out.

13. Who does Danny run into in the pastry shop when he is having coffee with Fluffy in Chapter 12?
(a) Dr. Able.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Norma.
(d) Bright.

14. How does Maeve tell Danny their mother reacted to seeing the Dutch House for the first time?
(a) She loved it.
(b) She talked about how many people she could invite over for dinner parties.
(c) She talked about all the painting she wanted to do on it.
(d) She did not like it and could not believe it was hers.

15. Who does Maeve offer to give a ride home to at the train station the night before Thanksgiving in Chapter 8?
(a) Elna.
(b) Fluffy.
(c) Celeste.
(d) Jocelyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Celeste make for Danny for his apartment?

2. In what month do Celeste and Danny get married?

3. In Chapter 12, where does Danny realize he has seen his mother as an adult?

4. How does Danny feel towards Fluffy at the end of Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 13, who is Danny's first child?

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