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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 does Maeve tell Danny when he asks about her love life?
(a) Tells him he can not ask her questions like that because it is too embarrassing for her.
(b) Tells him the truth about her one boyfriend.
(c) Gives him more details than he wants to hear.
(d) Tells him she does not have one.

2. Why does Fluffy tell Danny and Celeste she never smoked?
(a) Mrs. VanHoebeek, who Fluffy took car of, died of emphysema.
(b) Her father died of lung cancer.
(c) She hated the taste of smoke.
(d) Her mother died of lung cancer.

3. What did Maeve's father bring to the Dutch House for them to eat the first time he showed she and her mother the house?
(a) Pasta salad.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Hot dogs.
(d) Cold pizza.

4. Who else comes to sit with Maeve in the hospital in Chapter 11 besides Danny?
(a) Cyril.
(b) Fluffy.
(c) Elna.
(d) Mr. Otterson.

5. In Chapter 13, what does Danny buy Celeste as a surprise?
(a) A brownstone house in Manhattan.
(b) A cat.
(c) A stained glass window.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Maeve and Danny often do together as they sit in the car outside the Dutch House?

2. How does Danny handle his first time working on a cadaver in medical school?

3. Why does Dr. Able start to take more of an interest in Danny in Chapter 9?

4. What happens to Maeve at The Nutcracker in Chapter 15?

5. What sport does Danny enjoy the most in high school and college?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Fluffy say about the reason for Danny's mother's charity work?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Maeve tell Danny about her feelings about his becoming a doctor?

3. In Chapter 8, why does Maeve insist on driving Celeste to her family home?

4. In Chapter 14, what role does Maeve play in Danny's growing real estate business?

5. In Chapter 8, what does Danny call lawyer Gooch to ask him?

6. In Chapter 8, what does Celeste say to Danny when he tells her he does not want to marry her right away?

7. In Chapter 13, what does Celeste tell Danny about her interpretation of Maeve's feelings about their wedding?

8. In Chapter 13, under what circumstances do Danny and Celeste move into their new family home?

9. In Chapter 8, what does Danny's professor, Dr. Able, tell him about chemistry?

10. In Chapter 12, what does Fluffy tell Danny that utterly shocks him?

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