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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 6, where does Maeve go to work after her graduation from college?
2. In Chapter 5, what did Danny's father tell Maeve when she told him she wanted to try to find her mother?
3. 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?
4. In Chapter 7, who does Maeve turn to for legal advice about the situation with Andrea?
5. How old is Andrea when she marries Cyril Conroy?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father tell him when Danny finally gets up the courage to ask why his mother left?
2. Why is there a portrait of Maeve hanging in the drawing room instead of Maeve's and Danny's mother?
3. What is the significance of the two large portraits hanging in the drawing room of the Dutch House?
4. 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?
5. In Chapter 6, what does Danny's father tell him about his eventual role in his business?
6. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father do on a whim that is hugely significant for Danny?
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. When Cyril Conroy bought the Dutch House, what kind of a state was it in?
9. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one day that greatly surprises Danny and Maeve?
10. In Chapter 2, what does Danny do every Saturday with his father, and why is it important?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Danny's interest in real estate. Why do you think Danny is so determined to go into the same business that his father was in?
Essay Topic 2
Sandy and Jocelyn, the sisters who are long-time domestic workers at the Dutch House, are lifelong friends and protectors of the Conroy children. Write an essay exploring what Sandy and Jocelyn mean to - and symbolize for - Maeve and Danny.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing why Danny and Maeve continue to sit in their parked car at the Dutch House years after Andrea has kicked them out. How does Danny seem to feel when Maeve finally tells him they should stop their trips there?
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