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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Andrea tell Maeve when she offers to take the reins of her father's business after he dies?
(a) Their father would not have wanted them involved in the business.
(b) The business will go on with the other people who work there just fine.
(c) The business will be sold.
(d) It will not be necessary.

2. What was odd about the kitchen in the Dutch House in Danny's opinion?
(a) It had a copper ceiling.
(b) It was small compared to the rest of the house.
(c) It was tiled in diamonds.
(d) It was dirty in a way that meant it could not be easily cleaned.

3. In Chapter 7, what does Lawyer Gooch tell Maeve and Danny their father has set up for Danny?
(a) He left Danny his car and a house no one else knew about.
(b) He left Danny one of his buildings to manage.
(c) An education trust to benefit Danny for his college education, as well as for Norma and Bright, Andrea's daughters.
(d) Danny is a partial partner in his father's company.

4. In Chapter 5, why is Maeve so amazed that her father showed Danny where their mother used to live?
(a) She did not know their father even knew where her mother used to live.
(b) She thought her father was too hurt and saddened by their mother to ever speak of her again.
(c) All the times Maeve had asked for information about their mother, he never told her anything.
(d) She thought her father had been so angry he would never speak about their mother again.

5. Who comes to visit Maeve and Danny at Maeve's apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) Fluffy.
(b) Sandy and Jocelyn.
(c) Norma.
(d) Andrea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Cyril Conroy not have a will?

2. What did the Van Hoebeeks make their fortune in?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father tell him when Danny asks why his mother left?

4. In Chapter 2, what is Danny's mother's behavior leading up to her leaving the family?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how does Danny say he feels about his mother?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 5, what is different about Danny's father's demeanor when they meet Maeve for dinner?

4. In Chapter 1, what aspect of the house does Andrea express concern and misgivings about?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Danny do every Saturday with his father, and why is it important?

6. Why is the Dutch House called the Dutch House?

7. In Chapter 6, what does Danny's father tell him about his eventual role in his business?

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 2, what does Danny's father do for a family with a very sick child that Maeve is surprised to hear about?

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