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

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

3. What did Danny's nanny do to hurt him when he was four years old?
(a) Burned his hand.
(b) Hit him on the head with a wooden spoon.
(c) Slapped his face.
(d) Smacked his bottom.

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

5. Who comes to visit Maeve and Danny at Maeve's apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) Fluffy.
(b) Sandy and Jocelyn.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Norma.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, where does Maeve go to work after her graduation from college?

2. In Chapter 5, where does Danny's father take Danny that surprises him?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Andrea tell Maeve and Danny about the Dutch House?

4. What kind of flowers did Andrea rent for the day for her wedding to Cyril Conroy?

5. Why does Maeve want Danny to go to medical school so badly?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is there a portrait of Maeve hanging in the drawing room instead of Maeve's and Danny's mother?

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

4. 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?

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

6. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one day that greatly surprises Danny and Maeve?

7. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve remember about her mother's feelings about the Dutch House?

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

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

10. Why is the Dutch House called the Dutch House?

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