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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lawyer Maeve consults tell her her father told him when he advised against going along with Andrea's wishes?
(a) That Andrea would never betray him.
(b) That Andrea was his one true love and he trusted her completely.
(c) That Andrea was never after his money, only his heart.
(d) That Andrea would look after Maeve and Danny because she was a good mother.

2. What explanation does Maeve give to Danny for how she treated Norma and Bright in Chapter 3?
(a) They are spoiled little girls so they deserve to be treated badly.
(b) She feels sorry for anyone who is that little.
(c) They are not her responsibility, so that is why she ignored them.
(d) They are Andrea's daughters, so she hates them.

3. In Chapter 3, what does Maeve tell her father is not hers and Danny's responsibility?
(a) To pay the housekeeping staff.
(b) To keep their grades up.
(c) To keep the books for the business.
(d) To take care of Andrea's daughters.

4. In Chapter 3, what happens the first time Andrea leaves Maeve and Danny alone with her two daughters?
(a) Maeve takes the girls to the park.
(b) Danny calls the police and tells them the two daughters have been abandoned.
(c) Maeve ignores the daughters completely.
(d) Maeve is very kind to the daughters and tries to make them feel welcome.

5. Where does Danny live after Andrea kicks him out of the Dutch House?
(a) With Sandy.
(b) With Jocelyn.
(c) With Fluffy.
(d) With Maeve at her apartment.

6. What does the ceiling of the dining room at Dutch House look like?
(a) It is intensely blue, with gold gilt leaves.
(b) It is a copper ceiling.
(c) It has the biggest chandelier Danny has ever seen.
(d) It is mosaic.

7. In Chapter 4, how does Andrea rearrange the bedrooms at Dutch House?
(a) She takes Bright's bedroom and gives it to Norma.
(b) She takes Maeve's bedroom for herself and Cyril.
(c) She takes Maeve's bedroom and gives it to Norma.
(d) She takes Norma's bedroom and gives it to Danny.

8. What Broadway show does Andrea want to see with her daughters in Chapter 5?
(a) Fiddler on the Roof.
(b) The Sound of Music.
(c) West Side Story.
(d) The Music Man.

9. What boarding school does Danny attend for high school?
(a) Choate.
(b) Taft.
(c) Exeter.
(d) Oxford.

10. In Chapter 7, who does Maeve turn to for legal advice about the situation with Andrea?
(a) Her boyfriend, who was a lawyer.
(b) Lawyer Gooch, an old friend of their father's.
(c) Maeve and Danny's grandfather, who was also a laywer.
(d) A friend's father, who was an estate lawyer.

11. How old is Andrea when she marries Cyril Conroy?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 31.
(d) 41.

12. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one Saturday that shocks Danny and Maeve?
(a) Walks into the house with two young girls.
(b) Crashes her car.
(c) Buys Danny and Maeve a gift.
(d) Fires Sandy.

13. What does Maeve tell Danny about their father's interpretation of the reason their mother left them?
(a) Their mother had left them to go back to the convent.
(b) Their mother had been very sick and that was why she left.
(c) Their mother was not crazy as their father had told Danny.
(d) Their mother had left them because her own parents had disowned her and she wanted to try to make amends.

14. In Chapter 6, where does Danny feel most at home?
(a) At the charity where he volunteers.
(b) In the Dutch House.
(c) At medical school.
(d) On a building site.

15. 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?
(a) Jocelyn.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Fluffy.
(d) Elna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jocelyn tell Andrea in Chapter 6 when Andrea fires her and Sandy?

2. What does Andrea propose about Danny's and his father's trip in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 5, what kind of restaurant does Danny's father take him and Maeve to?

4. What animals were infesting the Dutch House when Danny's family moved in?

5. In Chapter 6, who was with Cyril Conroy when he fell ill?

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