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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, who was with Cyril Conroy when he fell ill?
2. In Chapter 5, what strikes Danny about the place his mother used to live?
3. What does Andrea say must be a comfort to Danny's father as she tours the house for the first time in Chapter 1?
4. Why is Maeve's portrait hanging in the Dutch House instead of her mother's?
5. In Chapter 3, what does Maeve tell her father is not hers and Danny's responsibility?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. In Chapter 2, how does Danny say he feels about his mother?
4. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve remember about her mother's feelings about the Dutch House?
5. In Chapter 2, what does Danny's father do for a family with a very sick child that Maeve is surprised to hear about?
6. What is the significance of the two large portraits hanging in the drawing room of the Dutch House?
7. Why is there a portrait of Maeve hanging in the drawing room instead of Maeve's and Danny's mother?
8. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve say when Danny tells her their father took him to see where their mother used to live?
9. In Chapter 1, what aspect of the house does Andrea express concern and misgivings about?
10. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father do when Andrea says she wants to come into New York City with him and Danny to visit Maeve?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does visiting Andrea at the Dutch House at the novel's end and finding her mentally incapacitated by a debilitating degenerative disease seem to affect Maeve and Danny? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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