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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. Why did Cyril Conroy not have a will?
2. In Chapter 5, what does Danny say he and Maeve pretended about the Dutch House?
3. How are Sandy and Jocelyn related?
4. Who performed the wedding ceremony for Andrea and Cyril Conroy?
5. How does Maeve tell Danny to get into the city to visit her in Chapter 5?
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 say when Danny tells her their father took him to see where their mother used to live?
4. When Cyril Conroy bought the Dutch House, what kind of a state was it in?
5. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father do on a whim that is hugely significant for Danny?
6. In Chapter 6, what does Danny's father tell him about his eventual role in his business?
7. In Chapter 1, what aspect of the house does Andrea express concern and misgivings about?
8. What happens to Maeve shortly after her and Danny's mother leaves the family?
9. In Chapter 6, what does Danny think, in hindsight, was a huge mistake he and Maeve made after their father died?
10. What is the significance of the two large portraits hanging in the drawing room of the Dutch House?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing why Maeve is particularly kind and attentive to Andrea's young girls, Norma and Bright, when all the youngsters are alone, but she ignores the young girls in front of her father and Andrea.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing how, when, and why Maeve begins to separate herself from the Conroy family in her youth. How do her father, Cyril Conroy, and her younger brother, Danny Conroy, react to Maeve's withdrawal?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the evolution of Danny's and Maeve's attitudes and feelings towards Fluffy from their childhood through their adulthood. Cite specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
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