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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 came to tell Danny and Maeve their father wanted them to meet Andrea the first time she came to the house in Chapter 1?
(a) Jocelyn.
(b) Fluffy.
(c) Elna.
(d) Sandy.

2. Who was Danny's father most comfortable with, in Danny's opinion in Chapter 2?
(a) The other gamblers.
(b) His family.
(c) The people in his office.
(d) His tenants.

3. For what holiday does Danny visit Maeve in Chapter 5?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) The Fourth of July.
(d) Easter.

4. In Chapter 6, who was with Cyril Conroy when he fell ill?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Jocelyn.
(c) Elna Conroy.
(d) Mr. Brennan, who worked for him.

5. How are Sandy and Jocelyn related?
(a) They are not related.
(b) They are mother and daughter.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Maeve tell her father is not hers and Danny's responsibility?

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

3. Where does Danny live after Andrea kicks him out of the Dutch House?

4. In Chapter 3, what happens the first time Andrea leaves Maeve and Danny alone with her two daughters?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Danny's father do upon finding a tenant with a very sick child?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does Maeve tell Danny about her feelings towards Andrea and her children?

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. What happens to Maeve shortly after her and Danny's mother leaves the family?

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

9. In Chapter 6, what does Danny think, in hindsight, was a huge mistake he and Maeve made after their father died?

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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