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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. What does Maeve tell Andrea in Chapter 6 when Andrea's plans for the future become clear?
2. Which neighborhood is the Dutch House located in?
3. In Chapter 6, what does Andrea think has happened when she finds Maeve, Danny, Sandy and Jocelyn in the kitchen after their father's death?
4. In Chapter 2, where does Danny go with his father every Saturday?
5. Who was Danny's father most comfortable with, in Danny's opinion in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one day that greatly surprises Danny and Maeve?
2. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father do on a whim that is hugely significant for Danny?
3. 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?
4. In Chapter 2, what does Danny's father do for a family with a very sick child that Maeve is surprised to hear about?
5. In Chapter 5, what is different about Danny's father's demeanor when they meet Maeve for dinner?
6. Why is there a portrait of Maeve hanging in the drawing room instead of Maeve's and Danny's mother?
7. 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?
8. What does Danny remember about Fluffy in Chapter 1?
9. What happens to Maeve shortly after her and Danny's mother leaves the family?
10. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve say when Danny tells her their father took him to see where their mother used to live?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is it so important to Maeve that Danny attend medical school, and how does her insistence on this specific part of his future affect Danny's relationship with Maeve? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the meaning of Maeve's portrait, including a discussion of why her portrait was painted rather than her parents' portraits. What do you think it meant to both Maeve and Danny for Maeve to take the portrait back at the end of the book?
Essay Topic 3
The Dutch House symbolizes radically different things for different characters. From the first time she sees the house, Andrea is enthralled with it, but her fixation on the house seems to run very deep. Write an essay analyzing the range of Andrea's feelings towards the Dutch House.
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