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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, what does Andrea order because she thinks there will not be enough for Cyril's funeral?
(a) Candles.
(b) Mass cards.
(c) Wine.
(d) Floral arrangements.

3. In Chapter 5, where does Maeve spend part of Christmas?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) At her boyfriend's house in Jenkintown.
(c) A friend's house in New Hampshire.
(d) Barnard.

4. What boarding school does Danny attend for high school?
(a) Exeter.
(b) Taft.
(c) Choate.
(d) Oxford.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, where does Danny feel most at home?

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

3. In Chapter 6, why does Andrea call Maeve away from work so suddenly?

4. What does Maeve's father tell her after she becomes very ill with diabetes?

5. What year was the construction on the Dutch House finished in?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father do when Andrea says she wants to come into New York City with him and Danny to visit Maeve?

2. In Chapter 1, what aspect of the house does Andrea express concern and misgivings about?

3. In Chapter 2, how does Danny say he feels about his mother?

4. When Cyril Conroy bought the Dutch House, what kind of a state was it in?

5. In Chapter 5, what is different about Danny's father's demeanor when they meet Maeve for dinner?

6. In Chapter 7, what do Danny and Maeve find out is the one way in which their father sought to provide for them after his death?

7. In Chapter 2, what does Danny's father do for a family with a very sick child that Maeve is surprised to hear about?

8. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve say when Danny tells her their father took him to see where their mother used to live?

9. In Chapter 7, who does Maeve turn to for help with her father's affairs, and what does he tell her?

10. In Chapter 6, what does Danny's father tell him about his eventual role in his business?

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