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

2. In Chapter 5, how does Danny's father end up handling his trip to see Maeve at college?
(a) Danny's father relents to Andrea's demands and they all go into the city together.
(b) Danny's father cancels Danny's trip.
(c) Danny's father drives him to the city himself, just the two of them, before Andrea realizes they have left without her.
(d) Danny's father hires a car to drive him.

3. In Chapter 6, where is Cyril Conroy when he falls ill?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) Climbing stairs at one of the buildings he owns.
(c) At home.
(d) On an airplane.

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

5. What does Jocelyn tell Andrea in Chapter 6 when Andrea fires her and Sandy?
(a) That Andrea's daughters would never forgive her.
(b) That Cyril's ghost would come back to haunt her.
(c) That the community would hate Andrea for this.
(d) That she and Sandy could never figure out what Mr. Conroy had been thinking in marrying Andrea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Danny's father most comfortable with, in Danny's opinion in Chapter 2?

2. How old is Andrea when she marries Cyril Conroy?

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

4. Why did Cyril Conroy not have a will?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the two large portraits hanging in the drawing room of the Dutch House?

3. In Chapter 1, what do Danny and Maeve think about the fact that their father wants them to meet a friend at the house on a Saturday?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Danny do every Saturday with his father, and why is it important?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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