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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 2, where does Danny go with his father every Saturday?
(a) To gamble.
(b) To volunteer at Habitat for Humanity.
(c) To collect the rent.
(d) To shop for food.

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

3. Why is it difficult for Cyril Conroy to go up and down stairs in Chapter 4?
(a) He has broken his ankle.
(b) He uses crutches.
(c) He has a bad back.
(d) He has a bad knee.

4. Which neighborhood is the Dutch House located in?
(a) Camelot Drive.
(b) Harmony Ridge.
(c) The Peaceful Hills.
(d) Elkins Park.

5. What does Maeve tell Danny about their father's interpretation of the reason their mother left them?
(a) Their mother had left them because her own parents had disowned her and she wanted to try to make amends.
(b) Their mother had been very sick and that was why she left.
(c) Their mother was not crazy as their father had told Danny.
(d) Their mother had left them to go back to the convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit Maeve and Danny at Maeve's apartment in Chapter 7?

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

3. What are the names of Andrea's daughters?

4. What does Andrea tell Maeve when she offers to take the reins of her father's business after he dies?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. In Chapter 6, how do Sandy and Jocelyn react to Andrea's instructions for Danny and Maeve to leave the house and never come back?

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