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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 happens to Maeve right after her and Danny's mother leaves for good?
(a) She attempts suicide.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She joins the army.
(d) She develops diabetes.

2. In Chapter 5, how does Maeve wear her hair that Sandy has told her she prefers?
(a) Short, with bangs.
(b) Loose, under a hat.
(c) In a single heavy braid.
(d) In a bun.

3. In Chapter 2, what does Danny's father do upon finding a tenant with a very sick child?
(a) Tells the family they are evicted that very day.
(b) Calls a doctor and leaves immediately.
(c) Picks up the child and drives them to the hospital himself.
(d) He does nothing, but only leaves them to their own devices.

4. In Chapter 5, what kind of pastry does Danny's father say he loved in his old neighborhood in New York?
(a) Croissants.
(b) Eclairs.
(c) Cake.
(d) Crullers.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Lawyer Gooch tell Maeve and Danny their father has set up for Danny?
(a) He left Danny one of his buildings to manage.
(b) An education trust to benefit Danny for his college education, as well as for Norma and Bright, Andrea's daughters.
(c) He left Danny his car and a house no one else knew about.
(d) Danny is a partial partner in his father's company.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what kind of restaurant does Danny's father take him and Maeve to?

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

3. In Chapter 1, what does Danny believe that Andrea's reaction to meeting him and Maeve the first time was?

4. Which neighbor do Maeve and Danny see when they park at the Dutch House in Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 5, what does Danny's father tell him when Danny finally gets up the courage to ask why his mother left?

8. What does Danny remember about Fluffy in Chapter 1?

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

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

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